Medgar Evers College of CUNY

The fastest way to create a basic web hyperlink on a PowerPoint slide is to press Enter after you type the address of an existing webpage

Link to a website

1. Select the text, shape, or picture that you want to use as a hyperlink.

2. Select Insert > Hyperlink.

3. Select Existing File or Web Page, and add the:

   • Text to display: Type the text that you want to appear as hyperlink.

   • ScreenTip: Type the text that you want to appear when the user hovers over the hyperlink (optional).

   • Current Folder, Browsed Pages, or Recent Files: Select where you want to link to.

   • Address: If you haven't already selected a location above, insert the URL for the web site you want to link to.

     If you link to a file on your computer, and move your PowerPoint presentation to another computer, you'll also need to move any linked files.

   • 4. Select OK.

Link to a place in a document, new document, or email address

1. Select the text, shape, or picture that you want to use as a hyperlink.

2. Select Insert > Hyperlink and select an option:

   • Place in This Document: Link to a specific slide in your presentation.

   • Create New Document: Link from your presentation to another presentation.

   • E-mail Address: Link a displayed email address to open up a user's email program.

3. Fill in the Text to display, ScreenTip, and where you want to link to.

4. Select OK.

Change the color of a hyperlink

You can change the color of a hyperlink if you like. If you want to change the display text of a link, right-click it and select Edit Link.

1. Select the hyperlink you want to re-color.

2. On the Home tab of the ribbon, select down arrow next to the Font Color button to open the menu of colors.

   

3. Select the color you want for the hyperlink.