Geekers - For users who are accustomed to using PowerPoint, they may have often heard the term Hyperlink. In use, hyperlinks are commonly used to make presentations more interesting. Usually, each slide will be displayed linearly through the Slide Show menu. That is, the first slide will automatically move to the second slide when we click a button on the keyboard.
However, with these hyperlinks you can move from one slide to the next or even from a presentation slide to another file type. This hyperlink feature will later be inserted with a command to carry out the activity you want. So, how do you add hyperlinks in Microsoft PowerPoint?
So, in this article I will explain how to add hyperlinks in Microsoft PowerPoint. The method is quite easy. All you have to do is create a shape that will later function as a button for this hyperlink. Or more details, please refer to the following steps.
How to Make Hyperlinks in Powerpoint
The hyperlink feature in PowerPoint presentations functions to link between slides, slides to files or slides to websites via a command. For example, to move from the first slide to the second slide using the Next button which has been enabled using this hyperlink. Alright, see how to make a hyperlink in PowerPoint below.
First Option: Hyperlink Between Files
Judging from the name, of course this type of hyperlink serves to link slides to other types of files or a website. For example, you associate a presentation slide with a PDF file type. Here's how to create this type of hyperlink.
1. Open the PowerPoint presentation file on your computer.
2. First, create a shape that functions as a button used to perform commands. To do this, click the Insert menu > select Shapes. Select the shapes you want. For example, here I chose the "Rounded Rectangle" shape.
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3. Then, to create a hyperlink on that shape, activate the shape first or it looks like the image below. After that, return to the Insert menu > select Hyperlink.
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4. The Insert Hyperlink window will appear as shown in the picture. Then select the Existing File or Web Page menu tab because you want to add another file type. Here I will add the types of PDF files stored in the directory. When you have finished selecting files, click OK. how to create hyperlinks in powerpoint 2007 how to create hyperlinks in powerpoint 2007
5. Run the presentation slide via the Slide Show menu, then hover over the shape that has been inserted with a hyperlink and click then you will be directed to the selected PDF file.
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Second Option: Hyperlink in One File
This type of hyperlink will link between slides contained in the same presentation file. The steps are almost the same as the first type of hyperlink, only different in the Insert Hyperlink section.
1. First create a shape and place the shape on the slide you want. The method is the same, click the Insert menu > Shape.
click the Insert menu > Shape, click the Insert menu > Shape
2. Activate the shape, then return to the Insert > Hyperlink menu.
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3. When the Insert Hyperlink window opens, select the Place in This Document tab. I put the shape in the slide rules, and the hyperlink will be directed to the slide solution. When you have finished selecting slides, click OK.
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4. Run the slide through Slide Show, click on the shape that has been inserted by the hyperlink then the command to be executed moves to the next slide.
the slide via Slide Show the slide via Slide Show
So, those are two ways to make hyperlinks in PowerPoint. Easy, right? You don't just make hyperlinks that come from text, but can come from image media. Thus the article on how to make hyperlinks in PowerPoint. Hopefully this is useful so that you are able to make even more interesting presentation slides.
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