How to Hyperlink to a Specific Page in PowerPoint 2007

PowerPoint includes dozens of useful but seemingly underused or unknown tools to help craft your presentation. For instance, you can add a hyperlink to your slide to send the audience to a specific page, such as a website or a different slide in your presentation. This features helps you seamlessly blend your slide show to a new platform, such as your Web browser or a different page in your presentation.

Instructions

Web Page

1. Navigate to the slide in PowerPoint where you wish to place the hyperlink.

2. Highlight the text that you wish to turn into a hyperlink.

3. Click "Insert" above the toolbar on the top of the PowerPoint window.

4. Click "Hyperlink" in the toolbar. An "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box opens.

5. Click the "Existing File or Web Page" button in the left column.

6. Type the Web page's address in the "Address" field.

7. Click "OK" to finish adding the hyperlink.

PowerPoint Page

1. Navigate to the slide where you wish to place the hyperlink.

2. Highlight the text you wish to turn into a hyperlink.

3. Click "Insert" above the toolbar on the top of the PowerPoint window.

4. Click "Hyperlink" in the toolbar. An "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box opens.

5. Click the "Place in This Document" button in the left column.

6. Click the slide that you wish to link in the "Select a place in this document" column.

7. Click "OK" to finish adding the hyperlink.

References

• Microsoft Office: Create a Hyperlink
• Microsoft Office: Up to Speed with PowerPoint 2007

Resources

• Microsoft Office: PowerPoint Help and How-to