Title: Creating Hyperlinks to shapes in PowerPoint | Western Sydney University
Headings: Creating Hyperlinks to shapes in PowerPoint
Creating Hyperlinks to shapes in PowerPoint
Shapes
To insert a Shape
To insert a Hyperlink
Action Buttons
To insert an Action Button
To insert a Hyperlink

Content: After creating the shape, make sure the shape is selected
Right mouse click the shape and choose Edit text and add text to the shape e.g. UWS
Select the text
From the Insert tab, in the Links group, choose Hyperlink (or Right mouse click the shape and choose Hyperlink) The Insert Hyperlink dialog box opens and notice the Text to display box has the text content
Choose your hyperlink type/destination and click OK. Note: this hyperlink is for the only on the text. This is important when you run the presentation and click the link. Action Buttons
To insert an Action Button
From the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, choose Shapes
Under Action Buttons, click the shape you want (to select it) go to the slide and Click, Hold & Drag to create the button
At this stage the Action Settings dialog box appears. To insert a Hyperlink
Note: there are two ways of using a Hyperlink on an Action Button, with a mouse click or passing the mouse over the shape. Under Action on Click (or Action on Mouse Over) choose Hyperlink to: From the box, open the list and choose your destination
Including another slide (insert number) a website (URL)
Another PowerPoint presentation or another File.