How to Add Links to a PowerPoint
PowerPoint presentations are a wonderful, interesting way to get your point across or to use as a tool for instruction. Adding links can make your presentation more informative, such as including a hyperlink to a website, or provide alternatives, such as when you link to another slide within the presentation. Enhance your presentations by reading on to learn how to add links to a PowerPoint.
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Instructions
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Open PowerPoint. Either open an existing presentation, or begin to create a presentation as you normally would.
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Click inside of a text box on the slide you want to contain a link. Select text or an object you want your link connected to. For example, you can type a word or phrase and select it by dragging your mouse over it. Or you can insert a picture or clip art and select it by clicking on it.
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Click "Insert" from the toolbar and then click "Hyperlink." Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+K." The "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box will open.
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Click "Existing File or Web Page" in the "Link To" section on the left if you want to link to another document on your computer or to a website. In the "Look In" box, navigate to the file or web address you want as your link. Or you can type in the address in the "Address" field. Click "OK" and your link is added.
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Click "Place in This Document" in the "Link To" section on the left if you want to link this object to another slide in your PowerPoint presentation. For example, you might want to be able to skip to the last slide or go back to the table of contents from here. In the "Select a Place in this Document" field, navigate to the slide you want to link to. Click "OK" and your link is added.
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Click "Create New Document" in the "Link To" section on the left if you want to link to another document, but you have not actually created that document yet! You will be able to name that document, and if you choose you can edit it now. Click "OK" and your link is added.
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Click "Email Address" in the "Link To" section on the left if you want the link to open a new email message. You will be able to customize with an email address and even a subject line. Click "OK" and your link is added.
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Tips & Warnings
To insert a picture or clip art on a slide, click "Insert" on the toolbar, point to "Picture" and click on your desired type of picture. From there you can search for or navigate to your desired object.
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woolrestbiomag
Oct 02, 2010
Thanks a lot for this information. I googled my query regarding creation of hyperlink to my website from a power point presentation and I found your article. Found it very useful. Thanks again, Cheers Yvonne. -
Long Nguyen Hoang
Apr 04, 2010
I created a link to file located in the same location with PPT file, such as: C:\Users\User_name\Documents\example.txt, if I copy whole directory to other location, e.g. D:\New, or copy to other PC. Do I need to change the path of hyperlink, too? Thanks!
