WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:11.610 --> 00:00:15.340 Hyperlinks in PowerPoint act just like the links you find online. 00:00:15.340 --> 00:00:20.570 They have their own display text (for example, "USA.gov Retirement Resources"), and also 00:00:20.570 --> 00:00:29.840 an email address, web page, or some other location that they're linked to. 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:33.829 I'd like show you how to turn text into a link starting here. 00:00:33.829 --> 00:00:39.750 All you have to do is go to the Insert tab, then Hyperlink. 00:00:39.750 --> 00:00:44.110 In this dialog box, you can see the text the link is going to display and edit it if you 00:00:44.110 --> 00:00:45.110 need to. 00:00:45.110 --> 00:00:52.760 You can also enter a web address here. 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:56.650 When you're done, click OK, and the text turns into a hyperlink. 00:00:56.650 --> 00:01:00.870 Why don't we try linking to something else, maybe an email address? 00:01:00.870 --> 00:01:04.470 I think it would be nice if new employees could click this person's name to contact 00:01:04.470 --> 00:01:05.470 Human Resources. 00:01:05.470 --> 00:01:10.750 This time, I'm going to right-click the text, and choose Hyperlink here instead of going 00:01:10.750 --> 00:01:13.450 to the Insert tab. 00:01:13.450 --> 00:01:22.400 Now click Email Address, and type. 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.380 Other options include linking to a file on your computer. 00:01:25.380 --> 00:01:29.220 For example, I'd like to be able to pull up the Employee Benefits Guide, which happens 00:01:29.220 --> 00:01:30.930 to be a Word document. 00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:38.470 Again just right-click, go to Hyperlink, and choose Existing File or Web Page. 00:01:38.470 --> 00:01:42.190 Here you can navigate to any file on your computer, and double-click the one you want 00:01:42.190 --> 00:01:44.409 to create a link. 00:01:44.409 --> 00:01:48.850 Keep in mind: Your link to another file may not work if you plan to send your PowerPoint 00:01:48.850 --> 00:01:51.659 out, or present it on a different computer. 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:55.560 Make sure you have a copy of the linked file on the computer you're using to present, and 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:58.720 always test your hyperlinks before giving a presentation. 00:01:58.720 --> 00:02:06.830 To test, just right-click, and go to Open Hyperlink. 00:02:06.830 --> 00:02:10.840 This one's working just fine! 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:15.480 Other things you can access by right-clicking any of your links: the ability to edit the 00:02:15.480 --> 00:02:18.970 hyperlinků or remove it. 00:02:18.970 --> 00:02:22.970 There's one more type of link I'd like to try, at the beginning of my presentation where 00:02:22.970 --> 00:02:25.450 I have a sort of table of contents. 00:02:25.450 --> 00:02:30.060 We can make this presentation navigable by turning these into links - links that connect 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:31.370 to other slides. 00:02:31.370 --> 00:02:37.690 Let's start with "About Ad Works." 00:02:37.690 --> 00:02:43.690 Go to Place in This Document, and you can choose from a list of slides with a little 00:02:43.690 --> 00:02:46.560 preview to the right. 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.470 Here's the one we want to link to. 00:02:50.470 --> 00:02:53.480 Keep going until your table of contents is complete. 00:02:53.480 --> 00:02:57.000 And don't be afraid to get creative - there are lots of things you can do with the ability 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.010 to link to other slides. 00:02:59.010 --> 00:03:04.850 Let's try out one of these links out in Slide Show View. 00:03:04.850 --> 00:03:05.850 See that? 00:03:05.850 --> 00:03:09.460 I was just on slide 2 - now I'm on slide 13! 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:13.709 These hyperlinks are going to be a big help to me, and also to anyone who views the presentation 00:03:13.709 --> 00:03:14.360 on their own.