Add and Remove Hyperlink

If you already have knowledge in adding and removing hyperlinks in Ms-word and Excel it will be very easy for you to do this in PowerPoint. But if you didn't take my Ms-word and Excel tutorial, you can still follow the clear and easy steps below.
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to add the five types of hyperlinks in PowerPoint.

• HOW TO ADD HYPERLINK
• Step 1 - For this tutorial I will be using the data in the slide below. You can create something similar and follow up with this tutorial.


• LINKING TO AN EXISTING POWERPOINT FILE
• Step 2 - Now let's start with the first one which creating a hyperlink that links to an existing file.
  Select the text that you want to link. CClick the Insert then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 2 (Alternative) - Right click on the selected text. From the list displayed, click on the Hyperlink option.

• Step 3 - The insert link dialog box will be opened. At the left side column, the under the heading Link to are list of where to link the text to. By default, the Existing File or Web Page option already selected.
  You and change the text link, by editing the Text to display input field. Lastly, click on the last folder icon to browse the file that you want to link to, which is located at the far-right side beside the Look in heading as shown in the image below.

• Step 4 - PowerPoint will open your file explorer, go to the location of the existing file that you want to link the text to, select it and click the OK button.

• Step 5 - The file address of the selected file will now be inserted into the Address input field of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box in the Existing File and Webpage section.

• Step 6 - To add text that will display when you place your mouse point on the hyperlink text, click the ScreenTip button at the top right of the dialog box. The Set Hyperlink ScreenTip dialog box will be displayed. Type in the screentip text in the ScreenTip Text input field.

• Step 7 - After typing the screentip text that you want to use, click the OK button to save and you will be taken back to the previous dialog box.

• Step 8 - And finally, click on the OK button here.

• Step 9 - The link has been successfully added to the text.



NOTE:

Anytime you add a link to a text, the text formatting changes. (Underlining added or color changed). Also, when a link is clicked the color of the text also changes by default.

• Step 10 - Place your mouse point on the link. The mouse pointer icon will be change to a hand icon. Also, the screentip text you added will be displayed as shown in the image below.

• Step 11 - Hold down Ctrl on your keyboard and click on the link, PowerPoint will display a security notice telling you that you should only click links from trusted sources. Click the YES button in the dialog box to continue and open the link.

• Step 12 - The file linked to the text will be successfully opened on a different powerpoint window.

• Step 13 - Now if you go back to the link in your former powerpoint windows, you will notice that the text color has changed. This is to show that the link has been visited.

• LINKING TO WEB PAGE
• Step 1 - Now let's create a hyperlink which when clicked opens a web page on the internet.

• Step 2 - Select the text that you want to link. Click on the Insert tab, then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 2 (Alternative) - Right Click on the selected text. From the options displayed click on Hyperlink.

• Step 3 - The insert link dialog box will be opened. At the left side column, under the heading Link to are list of where to link the text to. By default, the Existing File or Web Page option already selected.
  You and change the text link, by editing the Text to display input field.
  In the Address input field, enter the web page address (In my own case I am https://google.com). Then click the OK button to save and return to your slide.

• Step 4 - The link has been successfully added to the text.

• Step 5 - Hold down Ctrl on your keyboard and click on the link, this will open google webpage on your default web browser application.

• Step 6 - Then if you go back to the link on your slide, you will notice that the text color has changed. This is to show that the link has been visited

• LINKING TO PLACE IN THE SAME DOCUMENT
• Step 1 - Now let's create a hyperlink which takes you to a place in the same document.



NOTE:

For this part of the tutorial, you can create another slide if you have only one slide on your presentation file.

• Step 2 - Select the text that you want to link. Click the Insert then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 3 - The insert link dialog box will be opened. At the left side column, the under the heading Link to are list of where to link the text to. Click the Place in this Document option. Now, select the place in the document you want to link to. In my own case, under the Slide Titles I'm selecting Slide 2. Then click on the OK button save and go back to your slide.

• Step 4 - The link has been successfully added to the text.

• Step 5 - Hold down Ctrl on your keyboard and click on the link. This will immediately take you to Slide 2 in this same document.

• Step 6 - Then if you go back to the link in the first slide, you will notice that the text color has changed. This is to show that the link has been visited

• LINK TO CREATE NEW DOCUMENT
• Step 1 - Now lets create a hyperlink which when visited, creates a new document for you.

• Step 2 - Select the text that you want to use as a link to create new document. Click the Insert then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 2 (Alternative) - Right click the selected text. From the options displayed, click on Hyperlink

• Step 3 - The insert link dialog box will be opened. At the left side column, the under the heading Link to are list of where to link the text to. Click the Create New Document option. Type in the name of the new document and also choose an option on when to edit the document. You can also change the path which the new document will be store on your computer system. Then click on the OK button save and go back to your slide.

• Step 4 - The link has been successfully added to the text
  
  Now if the option you selected on choosing when to edit is Edit the new document now, the new document will created and opened immediately.

• Step 5 - But your option was otherwise (Edit the new document later). After hold Ctrl and click on the link, PowerPoint will display a security notice telling you that you should only click links from trusted sources. Click on the YES button in the dialog box to continue. And a new document will be created and opened automatically for you to edit.

• Step 6 - Then if you go back to the link in the slide, you will notice that the text color has changed. This is to show that the link has been visited

• LINKING TO EMAIL
• Step 1 - Now let's create a hyperlink which when clicked opens your email application to send and email to the address embedded in the hyperlink.

• Step 2 - Select the text that you want to link to an email. Click the Insert then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 2 (Alternative) - Right click on the text. From the options displayed, click on Hyperlink

• Step 3 - The insert link dialog box will be opened. At the left side column, the under the heading Link to are list of where to link the text to. Click on the Email-Address option. Then type in the email address and subject in their respective input field. But you can also click on recently used email address on the recently used email addresses list. Click the OK button save and go back to the slide.

• Step 4 - Link has been successfully added. Now, Hold down the Ctrl on your keyboard and click on the link. It will open your email with the email address and subject already filled, and awaiting message to be typed and sent.

• Step 5 - Then if you go back to the link in the slide, you will notice that the text color has changed. This is to show that the link has been visited

• EDITING HYPERLINKS
• Step 1 - Select the hyperlink you want to edit (In our case, we are editing the hyperlink to create new document). Click the Insert then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 2 - Right click the hyperlink. From the options displayed, click on Edit Link

• Step 2 - This will open the hyperlink dialog box.

• Step 3 - Now let's change the name of the new document to be created to NEW HYPERLINK DOCUMENT and also change the option of when to edit to document to be later. Then click the OK button to save and go back to the slide.

• Step 4 - Hyperlink has been edited successfully, notice the color now changes back to the default color as when it was never visited.

• Step 5 - Now, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click on the text. PowerPoint will display a security notice telling you that you should only click links from trusted sources. Click on the YES button in the dialog box to continue.

• Step 6 - New document has now been created with the new name (NEW HYPERLINK DOCUMENT) that was edited.

• Step 7 - Then if you go back to the link in the slide, you will notice that the text color has changed. This is to show that the link has been visited

• REMOVING HYPERLINKS
• Step 1 - Select the hyperlink you want to edit (In our case, we want to remove the hyperlink from Place in the Document). Click on Insert then go to the Links group and click on the Link option.

• Step 2 - This will open the hyperlink dialog box. Click on Remove Link as shown in the image below.

• Step 3 - The hyperlink will be successfully removed.

• REMOVING HYPERLINKS (ALTERNATIVE)
• Step 1 - Simply Right Click on the hyperlink. From the options displayed, click on Remove Link. The link will be removed immediately