In Microsoft Office PowerPoint, a hyperlink is a connection from one slide to another slide in the same presentation (such as a hyperlink to a custom show ) or to a slide in another presentation, an e-mail address, a Web page, or a file.

You can create a hyperlink from text or from an object, such as a picture, graph, shape, or WordArt .

What do you want to do?

Create a hyperlink:

  1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink.
  2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
  3. Under Link to, click Place in This Document.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Link to a custom show in the current presentation:
      1. Under Select a place in this document, click the custom show that you want to use as the hyperlink destination.
      2. Select the Show and return check box.
    • Link to a slide in the current presentation:
      • Under Select a place in this document, click the slide that you want to use as the hyperlink destination.

  1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink.
  2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
  3. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
  4. Locate the presentation that contains the slide that you want to link to.
  5. Click Bookmark, and then click the title of the slide that you want to link to.

  1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink.
  2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
  3. Under Link to, click E-mail Address.
  4. In the E-mail address box, type the e-mail address that you want to link to, or in the Recently used e-mail addresses box, click an e-mail address.
  5. In the Subject box, type the subject of the e-mail message.

  1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink.
  2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
  3. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page, and then click Browse the Web button image.
  4. Locate and select the page or file that you want to link to, and then click OK.

  1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink.
  2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click click Hyperlink.
  3. Under Link to, click Create New Document.
  4. In the Name of new document box, type the name of the file that you want to create and link to.

    If you want to create a document in a different location, under Full path, click Change, browse to the location where you want to create the file, and then click OK.

  5. Under When to edit, click whether you want to edit the file now or later.



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