hyperlynx also known as links work the
same in PowerPoint as they do online
they have their own display text for
example usa.gov retirement resources and
an email address web page or some other
location that they're linked to
I'd like to show you how to turn text
into a link starting here all you have
to do is go to the insert tab then link
in this dialogue box you can see the
text that the link is going to display
and edit it if you need to you can also
enter a web address here
when you're done click okay and the text
will turn into a link why don't we try
linking to an email address I think it
would be nice if new employees could
click this person's name to contact
human resources this time I'm going to
right click the text and choose link
here instead of going to the insert tab
now click email address and enter the
recipient's email address here
other options include linking to a file
on your computer for example I'd like to
be able to pull up the employee benefits
guide which happens to be a Word
document again just right-click go to
link and choose existing file or webpage
from here you can navigate to any file
on your computer just double-click the
file you want to link to keep in mind
your link to another file may not work
if you plan to send your PowerPoint out
or present it on a different computer
make sure you have a copy of the linked
file on the computer you're using to
present and always test your links
before giving a presentation to test
just right-click and go to open link
and this one's working great
right-clicking on a link also lets you
edit it or remove it
there's one other type of link I'd like
to try I have a table of contents at the
beginning of my presentation and I want
to be able to click on an item to go to
that particular slide and instead of
turning the text into a link we can use
the whole shape itself this way the
viewer can click anywhere on the shape
to jump to that slide let's start with
about Adworks
just right-click on it and select link
click place in this document and from
here you can choose from a list of
slides with a little preview on the
right here's the slide I want to link to
so I'll just click OK repeat this
process until your table of contents is
complete and don't be afraid to get
creative there are lots of things you
can do with the ability to link to other
slides let's try out one of these links
in slideshow view
see that I was on slide two and now I'm
on slide 11 using links in your
presentation is a great way to make
navigating to resources online referring
to another slide or accessing files easy
and convenient
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