How to Do a Hyperlink on Keynote With a Mac
Apple's Keynote is presentation software with many similarities to PowerPoint, but with the wider array of graphics and video capabilities that Mac is known for. Navigational tools, such as hyperlinks, allow the presenter to click through to selected slides and back again as needed. This technique provides a smooth presentation, especially when the Keynote file has hundreds of slides in the deck.
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Instructions
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Launch the Keynote icon from your deck. Click on a thumbnail in the Theme Chooser window, then click the "Choose" button. Keynote will open in your theme with one slide in the deck.
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Select "Slide," then "New Slide" from the main menu. Add one or two blank slides.
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Place a shape, text or graphic on the first slide. Click the "Media" icon in the upper right corner of Keynote. Click the "Photos" tab to add a photo from your iPhoto library. Click Select a photo from your iPhoto, then drag the thumbnail to the blank slide. Click the "Text Box" icon to place a text box on the slide. Type your text. Click the "Shapes" icon to insert a shape.
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Click the object you want to add a hyperlink for. Click the blue "Inspector" icon. Click the blue button with the forward arrow in the Inspector's toolbar. Check the box next to "Enable as a hyperlink."
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Pull down the "Link to" menu, then select a hyperlink option. Choose "Next Slide" to advance to the next slide in the deck. Select "Previous Slide" to go to the slide before the linked object. Select the "First" or "Last" slide in the deck, or the "Last Slide Viewed." Enter a slide number in the text field to choose a specific slide number.
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