In September, Natalie showed us how Document Tours and Tutorials make sharing Grist documents more seamless than ever. We learned how to craft interactive walk-throughs to guide our users through documents. Perfect for anyone building documents to share with teammates, clients, or a broader audience.

Timestamps

00:07 🚨 NEW FEATURE ALERT
— 00:13 User Presence
— 01:00 Comments
— 02:28 Notifications
04:12 GristCon 2025
04:46 Intro
05:34 Document Tours
11:48 Building a Document Tour
15:43 Location formula
21:00 💡 Tip: Using Anchor Links to get tooltip to point to cell
27:00 Tooltip Placement
34:35 Adding links to your Tour
39:05 Sharing your Tour
40:25 Document Tutorials
43:30 Building a Document Tutorial
44:48 Updating Document Type to Tutorial
46:22 💡 Tip: Use Markdown to format tutorial content
50:44 Sharing your Tutorial

Useful links:

• GetGrist.com | Resources | Webinars: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/
• Community Forum: https://community.getgrist.com/
• Help Center: https://support.getgrist.com/

Other links mentioned:

• 📰 Document Tours: https://support.getgrist.com/document-tours/
  • Link Icons: https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core/blob/main/app/client/ui2018/IconList.ts
• 📰 Document Tutorials: https://support.getgrist.com/document-tutorials/
  • Markdown Guide: https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/
• 📺 GristCon 2025 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Q9Tu1JOy_6lEAL5J-PU6R69df8sE8C0

Documents shown:

• Travel Planning Template: https://templates.getgrist.com/ruCnQuXD25ok/Travel-Planning
• Grist Basics Tutorial: https://templates.getgrist.com/woXtXUBmiN5T/Grist-Basics