How to Insert Hyperlink in PowerPoint?

The easiest way to create or insert a hyperlink to PowerPoint slide is to enter the website address and press enter or spacebar. PowerPoint will automatically connect the entered web address online site. If you press the spacebar after writing www.appsdowonders.com, it is now a clickable hyperlink.

What if you need to attach this URL to a specific word, file, image, or object in the presentation? How to insert a hyperlink in PowerPoint to an anchor text? What are other possibilities for inserting hyperlinks in a slide?

Where can you Insert a Hyperlink in a Slide?

The options to add links in a slide are not limited to text. The idea of inserting hyperlinks in a slide is to redirect users to a file or resource that is relevant to the original subject. So, here are some other possibilities to manipulate and insert hyperlinks in PowerPoint:

• A shape with text can turn into a clickable link
• Any shape or group of shapes can be used as a clickable hyperlink
• Only text in a shape can become a clickable link
• SmartArt objects can also become links in slides
• Any picture, image, or visual element can be a clickable link

A common PowerPoint user comes across only a few situations where he might want to insert a link in PowerPoint to:

• Existing File or Web Page
• Place in this Document
• Create New Document
• Email Address

For every option, the process of inserting or editing a link is almost same. We will add supporting images and visuals to make the process easier and understandable for you.

How to Insert Hyperlink in PowerPoint?

The most commonly used option is to adding link to a website or online page. Upon clicking the link, user will be directed to that destination website or page. We will breakdown the link manipulation in PowerPoint in four major parts.

1.      Adding Link to Online Website in PowerPoint

You are promoting a product and want to show the official website or store of the product when you click on the product name, image or button. Here is how to add a link to website in your slide.

Step 1: Go to the target website or webpage that you want to link to your presentation slide and copy the URL of the site. Click on the address bar and simply copy the entire website address.

Step 2: Select text, image, or object in the slide where you want to add the link.

Step 3: Go to Insert Tab >> Links >> Hyperlink, and a new window will pop up.

Step 4: Click on the first option “Existing File or Webpage” and enter the copied URL in the Address bar and press OK button.

Step 5: Selected text or image is now linked to that URL and the anchor text may change the color based upon your settings. Clicking on the text will open the website.

Easier Way to Add Link to Slide

There is an easier way to add a website link to a text in PowerPoint. After selecting the text or image in the slide, right click and choose Hyperlink from the menu. Same window will open that will allow you to enter URL and confirm.

2.      Insert Link to an Existing Document

Complex topics may require you to add data from other documents or resources. Imagine you want to include additional data from sales department in your presentation.

Instead of adding complex sales figures in your presentations, you can simply hyperlink to an existing file with sales data for the last year. Here is how you will add a link in the slide to another document.

1. Select the text or element that you want to add a link to
2. Go to Insert Tab >> Hyperlink >> instead of entering the URL, now browse the file that you want to link
3. Select the file and press OK, and a hyperlink to that existing file has been added to your slide

3.      Add a Link to a New Document

You will have to repeat the same process: go to Insert >> Hyperlink >> Create New Document >> Name your Document >> Edit Now or Later and Press OK.

This is the least used case of inserting link to a PowerPoint presentation and you may rarely come across situations where you will add link to a new document.

4.      Insert a Link to an Email in PowerPoint

You have sent an amazing presentation about your product to hundreds of users and you want them to contact you for purchase of the product. Here is how to direct users to a window where they can contact you via email.

1. Select the appropriate text that can prompt viewers to take action, like contact us, email us or buy now.
2. Go to Insert >> Hyperlink >> Email Address >> Paste your Email and Press OK.

You can also make other changes as per requirements to add text or subject matter. There are different options for the customizations here.

How to Add a Link to Another Slide in a Presentation?

Content from Slide 7 may be related to a topic in Slide 2. Do you want to jump from slide 2 to slide 7 when you click on a specific text or topic? You can add a link to another slide in the same presentation. Here is how to insert a link to another slide in PowerPoint in the same presentation.

1. Select the desired object or text in the slide.
2. Go to Insert >> Hyperlink >> Place in this Document >> Select the Destination Slide >> Press OK.
3. You can also make some other customizations here to optimize the presentation.

Final Words- How to Insert Hyperlinks in PowerPoint

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PowerPoint allows you to link any text, image, or shape in the presentation to an online page, existing file, slide within the presentation, new documents, or email. All you have to do is go to the Insert tab and explore all the possibilities for inserting links in PowerPoint slides.