Adding a Hyperlink In MS PowerPoint

By | June 17, 2022

In PowerPoint, you can create a hyperlink using any text within your presentation. When clicked on, a hyperlink can directly link to a specific slide within your presentation, a saved file, a web page, another PowerPoint presentation, or a custom email.
To insert a hyperlink into your presentation:

  1. Open the PowerPoint presentation.
  2. Highlight the text or object you would like to hyperlink.
  3. Right-click the highlighted text and select “Hyperlink…”
  4. From the “Link to:” side panel, choose the destination for your hyperlink.
    • For Existing File or Web Page, browse your computer to locate the file you wish to link to.
    • For Place in This Document, choose the slide you wish to link to.
    • For Create a New Document, type the name of your new PowerPoint presentation and choose when to edit the document.
    • For E-mail Addresses, enter the recipient(s) email address and the subject line of the email.
  5. Click [OK].
  6. To test the action button, start your PowerPoint slideshow (Click F5 on your keyboard) and click the text with the action button.

Note:

A PowerPoint hyperlink can link to a file on one of your drives (with the exception of your C: drive, which will not work in any circumstance) only if you are presenting the PowerPoint on campus. If you are off campus, you can use a path to any portable medium you have on hand (e.g. thumb drive, CD, etc.).

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