Turn your RSVP list into a drag-and-drop seating chart
Drag a guest to a new table and the spreadsheet updates itself, meal counts included.
A sketch of what you'll get back.
Your prompt
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This AI can't be filled in from a link, so the button copies your prompt: paste it into the new chat.
The prompt that gets copied
Create a seating chart canvas from this sheet for [EVENT NAME, e.g. our wedding reception]. We have [TABLE COUNT, e.g. 14] round tables with [SEATS PER TABLE, e.g. 8] seats each, plus a head table for [HEAD TABLE SIZE, e.g. 10 people]. Show each table as a circle with guest name cards around it that I can drag between tables, and write every move back to the Table column. Keep a 'Not seated yet' list on the side. Color the cards by meal choice and show a warning when a table is over capacity. Keep people from the same party together by default, and flag these pairs to keep apart: [KEEP APART, e.g. rows 12 and 30]. Show seated guests and meal counts for each table at the top, so I can send totals to the caterer.
Open your guest list in Google Sheets and ask Gemini to create a canvas. You get a seating chart where you drag guests between tables, and every move updates the sheet for your co-planner too.
Step by step
- Put your guests on one Google Sheets tab with name, party, meal choice and table columns.
- Select Insert, then Create a canvas, and paste the prompt.
- Drag a few guests to new tables and check that the Table column changes too.
- Ask Gemini for fixes, like a list of guests who still don't have a seat.
- Check the meal counts against your RSVPs before you send the totals to the caterer.
- Select Copy link and share the sheet with your co-planner as an editor.
What you'll get
An interactive seating chart inside your sheet, with drag-and-drop tables, capacity warnings and meal counts that stay in sync.
Needs Google AI Pro or Ultra, or an eligible Workspace plan. Desktop only, in English, and it reads one Sheet tab.
- Made for
- Everyone
- Works in
- Gemini
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