Creating Hyperlinks to Web Sites and Videos Victoria Ricciardiello April 11, Xr-f7N0

There are a few different ways to do this One way is to just type the URL or Web address as a bullet and then press the Enter key When you want to go to that Web site, you click on the hyperlink Note: hyperlinks only work in slide show they do not work in normal or slide view The hyperlink shown below will bring you to the Disney Web site – How Do I: Create a Hyperlink to a Web Site? Victoria Ricciardiello2

How Do I: Create a Descriptive Hyperlink to a Web Site? You can create a descriptive hyperlink from text that describes the Web site Type the desired text description as a bullet Select the text and then click on the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click on the hyperlink icon The Insert Hyperlink Dialog Box will display Type the URL for Disney World in the Dialog Box Address The URL is Disney World Enter in the Address boxwww.disney.com Victoria Ricciardiello3

How Do I: Create a Hyperlink From an Object to a Web Site? You can create a hyperlink from an object or a shape such as clipart Insert the desired object to your slide Select the object then click on the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click on the hyperlink icon The Insert Hyperlink Dialog Box will display Type the URL for desired Web site in the Dialog Box Address We want to link this object to the Disney World Web site The URL is Victoria Ricciardiello4

Creating a Hyperlink to a Video You can search the Web for various videos related to your topic If you find a video, you can past the link to your PowerPoint presentation by selecting the URL and right clicking your mouse and selecting copy. Return to your PowerPoint presentation and then click on Paste and pres the Enter key to display the hyperlink The link below is to a video regarding the wrong way to interview – This is a link to a video about new sea life – This a link to an Animal video about funny cats – drink.html drink.html While this procedure is okay, it is better to create descriptive or graphic hyperlinks – See next slide Victoria Ricciardiello5

Creating a Descriptive Hyperlink to a Web Site Without Needing to Type the URL This a link to an Animal video about funny cats – drink.htmlhttp:// drink.html Instead of having this large URL in your presentation you want an image of cat to display for the hyperlink – The above URL would be a lot of work to type into the hyperlink dialog box – Instead, we will let the computer take care of entering the URL for us – Insert your image of the cat to the slide – Click on the link for Insert Hyperlink The hyperlink dialog box will display – Go to the Web site containing the video and click on the URL – Return to your PowerPoint presentation and the URL will be displayed in the dialog box – Note: another option is to copy and paste the URL to the hyperlink dialog box Victoria Ricciardiello6

URL is Automatically Displayed in Dialog Box Click on OK Reminder, hyperlinks only work in Slide Show Victoria Ricciardiello7