How to Style a Hyperlink in PowerPoint?

Directing viewers and readers to additional material and resources adds value to your presentation. You can direct the audience to an online website or research. Hyperlinks in PowerPoint are used for these directions. But these links look boring and out of style. This guide will explain how to style a hyperlink in PowerPoint like a pro.

Hyperlinks in PowerPoint are not limited to online resources; they can also direct to any part of the same presentation, any other document, or even a new document. The core purpose of inserting hyperlinks is to connect your presentation with additional materials.

Now, do you know how to insert a hyperlink in PowerPoint? If not, please visit our detailed guide on hyperlinks in PowerPoint. Are you done with the basic guide? Let’s learn some advanced hyperlinking techniques for presentations.

Style a Hyperlink in PowerPoint like a Pro

There are different styling options in PowerPoint for almost every element. You can add a simple image, reshape it, change its transparency and direction, and perform many other modifications. The same goes for hyperlinks.

Certain advanced techniques for inserting a hyperlink in a presentation exist. Here are some possible ways to style a hyperlink in slides.

How to Create a Transparent Link?

When you add a link to a text, the text color changes so that viewers can identify the linked text. This method looks odd, and it works for linking text only. What if you need to link an object or element in the slide without affecting the object’s original shape?

You can also link images in PowerPoint by creating a transparent link area. Although there is no direct option to do so in PowerPoint, with a little advanced technique, we can create transparent link areas for images, videos, and shapes.

Open the slide with the shape or image that you want to link to a site or any other material
Go to the Insert tab >> Shapes >> choose rectangle from the shapes

Draw the rectangle over the desired area. In our case, we will draw on the image in the slide

Note: When you draw a rectangle, the image may disappear. We will fix that now.

Open the menu with a right click on the shape, and choose the “Format Shape” option

From the new window, adjust the transparency of the “Fill” and “Line Color” options to 100%

Now, your image is visible like normal, and the rectangle is still there; with the right click, open the menu and insert the hyperlink like normal.

Once this process is done, the image is linked to the destination address. In reality, the rectangle above the image is linked to the destination address. However, as we have made the rectangle transparent, the image behind the rectangle is linked to the address from the viewer’s POV.

How to Create Screen Tips?

Sometimes, the anchor text does not provide enough information about the destination URL. The screen tip for the anchor text provides additional information. You can add anything that might help the user understand the nature and purpose of the link. Here is how to add screen tips for links in PowerPoint.

Select the anchor text, open the hyperlink window, and choose the screen tip option

Click on the screen tip button and then add the additional information in the new text box

Close it after inserting the link; when the user hovers the mouse over the anchor text, a screen tip will appear with the additional text

How to Change Hyperlink Text Color?

According to the presentation theme, PowerPoint has default color settings for the anchor text in the slides. Adding custom colors to the linked text can increase visibility and help users easily navigate the slides. Changing the colors for text with hyperlinks is easy. You just have to follow these simple steps.

Select the text with the hyperlink that you want to change the color of
Go to the Home tab and then choose the font color that you want to set
The color of your selected text has been changed

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Conclusion- Style a Hyperlink in PowerPoint

These are some advanced techniques for styling a hyperlink in PowerPoint; not many users know about these simple tricks. Your idea will have the greatest impact when you know how to engage viewers with immersive slides.

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Frequently asked questions

Open hyperlink settings and then select the text in the box. Enter the new text or edit the text that you want to display for that link.

To change the color of all links in the presentation, go to the Design tab and change the theme colors for the links in the Colors settings.

Click on the hyperlink from the menu, and choose the “remove hyperlink” option to remove the link.