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hyperlinks in PowerPoint act just like
links you find online they have their
own display text for example usa.gov
retirement resources and also 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
hyperlink in
dialog box you can see the text 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 OK and the
text turns into a hyperlink why don't we
try linking to something else like 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 hyperlink here instead
of going to the insert tab now click
email address and just 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
hyperlink and choose existing file or
webpage here you can navigate to any
file on your computer and double click
the one you want to create a link 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 your computer
you're using to present and always test
your hyperlinks before giving a
presentation to test just right-click
and go to open hyperlink this one's
working just fine other things you can
by right-clicking any of your links
include the ability to edit the
hyperlink or remove it there's one more
type of link I'd like to try at the
beginning of my presentation where I
have sort of a table of contents
I'd like the viewer to be able to click
on an item to go to that place in the
presentation and instead of making the
text the hyperlink we can use the hole
shape itself this way the viewer can
click anywhere on the shape to jump to
that slide let's start with about
Adworks
just select the shape right click and
select hyperlink now to link this to
another slide go to place in this
document and you can choose from a list
of slides with a little preview to the
right here's the one we want to link to
keep going 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 just on slide 2 and now
I'm on slide 11 using hyperlinks in your
presentation is a quick way to make
navigating to resources online referring
to another slide or accessing files easy
and convenient for your audience
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