Try it!
Add links to your presentation to show related information on the web, quickly get to a different slide, or start an email message.
Link to a website
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Select the text, shape, or picture that you want to use as a hyperlink.
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Select Insert > Link.
The drop-down menu shows any links copied to your clipboard and recent files. -
Choose what you want or select Insert Link at the bottom.
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Select Existing File or Web Page, and add the:
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Text to display - Type the text that you want to appear for your hyperlink.
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ScreenTip - Type the text that you want to appear when the user hovers over the hyperlink (optional).
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Current Folder, Browsed Pages, or Recent Files - Select where you want to link to.
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Address - If you haven't already selected a location above, cut and paste, or type the URL for the web site you want to link to.
Note: If you link to a file on your computer, and move your PowerPoint presentation to another computer, you'll also need to move any linked files.
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Select OK.
Link to a place in a document, new document, or email address
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Select the text, shape, or picture that you want to use as a hyperlink.
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Select Insert > Link.
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Now, select Insert Link at the bottom.
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Select an option:
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Place in This Document - Link to a specific slide in your presentation.
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Create New Document - Link from your presentation to another presentation.
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E-mail Address - Link a displayed email address to open up a user's email program.
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Fill in the Text to display, ScreenTip, and where you want to link to.
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Select OK.
Want more?
Bookmark a slide and link to it from elsewhere in the presentation