How to Hyperlink in Powerpoint

How to Hyperlink in PowerPoint

Create a hyperlink to a page on the Web 1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink. 2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink. 3. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page, and then click Browse the Web. 4. Locate and select the page or file that you want to link to, and then click OK

Create a hyperlink to a file on your computer 1. In Normal view, select the text or the object that you want to use as a hyperlink. 2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink. 3. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page, and then click Current Folder and use the drop down box to locate the file you are looking for (ie: a movie) 4. Locate and select the page or file that you want to link to, and then click OK

Remember that you can hyperlink from a picture or text.

Inserting a or Video or Picture from a file in PowerPoint

1. On the toolbar, click Insert and then Picture and from file. 2. Locate the folder that contains the picture that you want to insert, and then click the picture file. 3. Do one of the following: - To embed the picture, click Insert. - To link the picture to the picture file on your hard disk, click the arrow next to Insert, and then click Link to File.

Insert a movie from file 1. On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Movie from File. 2. Click the video you want to use and then click OK. Tip Always put the movie in the same folder as your PowerPoint presentation. If you later move the PowerPoint presentation to another computer, copy the movie too. Keeping your movie in the same folder as your presentation ensures the link will still work. However, you should always test the movie on a new machine just to be certain. Re-insert the movie, if necessary.) 3. After you click OK, you're prompted with a message asking how you want the movie to start in the slide show. For Office 2003 to Play the movie full screen (not in an outside windows media player window but as full screen) 1. Right-click the movie object (the small rectangle) and on the shortcut menu, click Edit Movie Object. 2. The Movie Options dialog box appears. Under Display Options, select the Zoom to full screen check box, and then click OK.

3. If you want your movie to play automatically when you advance to this slide, you can stop here. Test this now to see how it works by starting the slide show. (On the Slide Show menu, click View Show.) Advance to the slide with the movie, (best if you have the title of the movie on it). Within a couple of seconds, the movie starts to play full screen. When the movie finishes, you return to the same slide (but no unsightly box appears). Click to advance to your next slide.