How to Change Hyperlink Color in PowerPoint?

When you insert a link, the color of the anchor text changes to blue. This blue color does not look good, accounting for the overall color scheme of the presentation. How to change hyperlink color in PowerPoint? How to customize hyperlink and anchor text in PPT slides?

A hyperlink in PowerPoint slides helps users jump to any other slide or even a page on the internet. Most users simply insert a hyperlink in the slide without styling it. Other viewers fail at locating the link, and they don’t open the attached resources.

If you want viewers and users to take action and click the hyperlink to access additional information, a page, or resources, you need to style the hyperlink in an engaging way. Changing the colors of hyperlinks in the presentation can make your resources more prominent and attractive.

Why Style Hyperlinks in PowerPoint

When we talk about a professional presentation, every little detail matters, and your attention to these aspects makes your slides unique and effective. The default color of hyperlinks may make your anchor text invisible due to the background color. As you can see in the image below, the text with a hyperlink is barely noticeable.  

At first glance, you don’t even realize that a hyperlink is there. We need to make this anchor text more attention-grabbing and prominent. A stylized hyperlink in a PowerPoint presentation has many benefits, including:

• Navigation enhancement
• Audience and viewer engagement
• Content organization
• Efficiency of the slides and message delivery
• Credibility and professionalism

Change Hyperlink Color in PowerPoint

Now, you have hyperlinks at different places in your PowerPoint presentation. Changing the hyperlink color for each hyperlink will be challenging. The easier way is to change the hyperlink color for all links in the entire presentation. These are the steps on how to change hyperlink color in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Open PowerPoint Presentation

Open your PowerPoint presentation where you have the links and want to apply color changes. In this image, we have three different links in the slide, but they are barely noticeable.

Step 2: Go to the Design Tab

Go to Design tab >> Variants section >> click the Arrow to view more options.

Step 3: Customize Colors

Click the Arrow and hover your mouse over the Colors option, and from the available colors list, click the Customize Colors option.

Step 4: Change Hyperlink Color

From the new pop-up window, go to the Hyperlink option and choose a color that you want to apply to text with links.

You can also change the color of Followed Hyperlinks. This will determine the color for the text that you have already clicked.

After changing the hyperlink color, name your color selection and click Save. The color of all hyperlinks in your presentation will be changed to a new color.

How to Insert a Hyperlink in PowerPoint?

We have already covered a detailed guide on how to insert hyperlinks in PowerPoint that you can view for step-by-step instructions. You can insert a hyperlink in PowerPoint to any other slide in the same presentation or any other online page or website. Follow these simple steps to insert a hyperlink in PowerPoint:

Step 1: Open your PowerPoint presentation, navigate to the slide, and select anchor text.

2nd: Right-click the selected text or go to the Insert tab and select the Link button.

Step 3: From the new window, choose whether to link to an online source or a slide within the presentation or any other option of your choice, paste the link, and click OK.

How to Style your Presentation like a Pro?

We all want our presentation slides to look professional, engaging, meaningful, and visually appealing. To achieve all this, you have to be exceptionally good at using PowerPoint. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to use complex design tools in PowerPoint.

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Conclusion

Changing a hyperlink in PowerPoint may seem like a little change, but it can impact the overall quality of slides. Simply follow these steps to change hyperlink color in your slides or style your presentation with Twistly with AI.

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