Hyperlinking: Linking to Any File in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, August 8, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 2:10 pm

Presentations Glossary in alphabetical order:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Although you can link from one presentation to another in PowerPoint, you can essentially use the same concept to link to any other file! You can link to PDFs, Word documents, Excel sheets, video files, and anything else. The link will then open in the associated program. For example, a PDF will typically open in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Word files will open in Microsoft Word. Of course, this depends on whether you have a suitable program installed on your system!

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

Microsoft Windows

Linking to Any File in PowerPoint 2013

Linking to Any File in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 15 02 11
Previous: 15 02 10 Screen Tips for Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
Next: 16 01 01 Check Compatibility in PowerPoint

Hyperlinking: Screen Tips for Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
We have explored several hyperlinking tutorials in PowerPoint. However, what happens when you hover any of these hyperlinks before you actually click ...
Hyperlinking: Create a Hyperlink to a New Email Message in PowerPoint
We already explored how you can link from an anchor object to any slide within the active presentation. However, this sort of linking is only the begi...
Hyperlinking: Create a New File with a Hyperlink in PowerPoint
We've learned about how hyperlinks let you do excellent stuff such as linking between slides or even linking to files outside PowerPoint. However, did...
Hyperlinking: Editing Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
Once you add a hyperlink to a slide object, you will want to edit the link, or remove it altogether. Both these tasks are easy to accomplish – and as ...