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This document is a guide on how to add hyperlinks in PowerPoint presentations, enabling non-linear navigation to slides, documents, web pages, and email addresses. It covers various hyperlinking techniques, including linking to YouTube videos and creating new documents. The document also outlines the limitations of hyperlinking with certain PowerPoint objects and provides step-by-step instructions for different hyperlink types.

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Hyperlink

This document is a guide on how to add hyperlinks in PowerPoint presentations, enabling non-linear navigation to slides, documents, web pages, and email addresses. It covers various hyperlinking techniques, including linking to YouTube videos and creating new documents. The document also outlines the limitations of hyperlinking with certain PowerPoint objects and provides step-by-step instructions for different hyperlink types.

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HYPERLINK

LYSSA G. SABIAGA, LPT


• Hyperlinks make a presentation non-linear by connecting it with other slides,
documents and web pages. This guide demonstrates how to add hyperlinks to a
PowerPoint presentation, so that they work both on a local computer and online.
You’ll also learn other PowerPoint tricks, such as linking to a YouTube video,
changing hyperlink color, configuring navigation and others that diversify the use
of hyperlinks in education.
• How to add a hyperlink to:
• Particular slides
• Existing documents
• New documents
• Web pages
• Email addresses
WHAT POWERPOINT OBJECTS CAN BE
ASSIGNED WITH A HYPERLINK?

THE OPTIONS AREN’T LIMITED TO TEXTS AND


PICTURES; BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF ALL
OPTIONS AVAILABLE WHEN IT COMES TO
MANIPULATING A HYPERLINK IN POWERPOINT.
Other PowerPoint
objects such as
video and graphs
can’t be assigned
with hyperlinks. If
you use SmartArt
objects or stylized
text and plan to
publish your
presentation
online, we
recommend you
read about
advanced hyperlin
k techniques
.
• How to add a hyperlink to another slide

1. Select the desired object on your slide. Go to the Insert tab and click
the Link button as demonstrated in the picture.
2. IN THE DIALOG BOX, CLICK PLACE IN THIS DOCUMENT UNDER LINK TO.
CHOOSE THE SLIDE IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU WISH TO USE AS A
DESTINATION, THEN CLICK OK.
IF YOU HAVE CREATED A CUSTOM SLIDESHOW (A CERTAIN SEQUENCE
OF SLIDES) AND YOU WANT TO CONNECT YOUR OBJECT WITH IT,
CLICK CUSTOM SHOWS. THEN TICK THE SHOW AND
RETURN CHECKBOX.
HOW TO ADD A HYPERLINK TO AN EXISTING
DOCUMENT
• You may connect your presentation to a document on your computer,
for example another presentation, or even a particular slide in it.
However, if you then move your project to another PC, you’ll need to
copy the connected document to the same folder. The link won’t work
in cases where you don’t copy the presentation, or you rename, move
or delete it.
1. SELECT AN OBJECT ON YOUR SLIDE, THEN GO TO
THE INSERT TAB AND CLICK THE LINK BUTTON.
2. CLICK EXISTING FILE OR WEB PAGE UNDER LINK
TO.
3. LOCATE AND SELECT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU
WANT TO USE AS A DESTINATION, THEN CLICK OK.

4. IF YOU WISH TO LINK A SLIDE IN ANOTHER


PRESENTATION, LOCATE AND SELECT THAT
PRESENTATION ON YOUR COMPUTER. THEN
CLICK BOOKMARK, AND IN THE OPEN WINDOW
CHOOSE THE RELEVANT SLIDE.
HOW TO ADD A HYPERLINK TO A WEB PAGE
1. Select a relevant object on your slide, then go to the Insert tab and click
the Link button.
2. CLICK EXISTING FILE OR WEB PAGE UNDER LINK
TO.
3. IN THE ADDRESS FIELD, TYPE IN THE ADDRESS
OF THE WEB PAGE YOU WISH TO ADD, THEN
CLICK OK.

4. IF YOU WANT TO ADD A HYPERLINK TO A CERTAIN


PLACE ON THE WEBPAGE, YOU CAN EITHER USE
THE ANCHOR IN THE WEBSITE ADDRESS OR
THE BOOKMARK OPTION.
• You can follow the steps above to add a hyperlink to a video from a video
hosting website, such as YouTube or Vimeo. However, there’s a way to insert an
online video right in your presentation, so that it can be played back without
having to interrupt the playback and open a browser. To learn how to do that,
read these articles on how to insert a YouTube video into an online
presentationand how to add a Vimeo video to a presentation.
HOW TO ADD A HYPERLINK TO A NEW
DOCUMENT
• Note that this type of hyperlink can only be used in PowerPoint; it won’t work in
a web browser when sharing a presentation online.
TO ADD A HYPERLINK TO A NEW FILE, SELECT AN OBJECT ON YOUR
SLIDE. GO TO THE INSERT TAB AND CLICK THE LINKBUTTON.
2. CLICK CREATE NEW DOCUMENT UNDER LINK TO.
• 3. By default, a new document is created in the same folder with the
presentation’s source file. If you want to change the location,
click Change under Full path, select the desired location, and then
click OK.
• 4. Enter the name of a new file in the Name of new document field,
then click OK.
• 5. Under When to edit, choose if you want to Edit the new document
later or Edit the new document now.
HOW TO ADD A HYPERLINK TO AN EMAIL
ADDRESS
1. Select an object on your slide, then go to the Insert tab and click the Link button.
2. CLICK E-MAIL ADDRESS UNDER LINK TO.
3. TYPE IN THE APPROPRIATE E-MAIL ADDRESS IN
THE E-MAIL ADDRESS BOX.

4. OPTIONALLY, YOU MAY INDICATE THE SUBJECT OF


YOUR E-MAIL MESSAGE IN THE SUBJECT BOX.

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