Hyperlinking Text in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Anything that you can select within a PowerPoint slide can serve as an anchor. While all slide objects can function as anchors, text objects have some characteristics that make it work as a "visible" anchor. Unlike other anchors, hyperlinked text in PowerPoint is underlined automatically—and thus visible as an anchor. We will explore the different aspects of text anchors in PowerPoint within this tutorial.

Follow these steps to add hyperlinks to text in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows:

1. Create a new presentation, or open an existing one. Again, you can use an existing slide or create a new one. Whatever you do, do work on a presentation that's not important. If you are working on an important presentation, save the file with a new name and then proceed further.
2. Add a text box, or type in some text within your Title or Text placeholders, as shown in Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: Type some text
3. Select some text, or all of the text you typed. Now access the Insert tab of the Ribbon. Then, click the Hyperlink button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below.
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   Figure 2: The Hyperlink button
4. You can also press the Ctrl + K keyboard shortcut instead of clicking the Hyperlink button.


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5. Doing so will bring up the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, as shown in Figure 3, below. Link to whatever you want. You can create hyperlinks within the presentation, outside the presentation, and to web pages. Then, click the OK button, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Link as you like
5. You will now see that the text you selected has been underlined, as shown in Figure 4, below.
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   Figure 4: Underlined text may denote a link