Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® Training

Hyperlink basics

MorningStar Education presents:

In this presentation, you’ll learn…

1.What hyperlinks are

2.What hyperlinks do

3.The different types of hyperlinks

4.How to insert a hyperlink in a PowerPoint® presentation

Overview: becoming familiar with hyperlinks

People use many different words when

referring to hyperlinks: links,

hotlinks, hypertext, or even jumps.

Whichever name you use, there’s no question that

hyperlinks are one of the things that make

the Web unique.

“What is a hyperlink?”

In computing, a hyperlink is a reference or

navigation element in a document to another section of

the same document or to another

document that may be on or part of a

(different) domain.

“Huh? English, please!”

OK. Put simply, a hyperlink is an

icon, graphic, or word in a file that, when clicked on with the mouse, automatically

opens another file for viewing.

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“Can you show us an example?”

Sure. The images to the right are all examples of commonly

used hyperlinks:

1. Internet Explorer 7 shortcut2. “GO” button3. Uniform Resource Locator

(URL)4. “FORWARD” button5. “CLICK HERE” hypertext

In fact, just about any icon, image, graphic, picture, word, or text that gets you from one

place to another can be a hyperlink.

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“That’s clear. What is hypertext ?”

“Hypertext” is the basis for the Web. When you surf the Web with your Web browser,

the “http” that begins the URL displayed in your

browser’s address bar or status bar

stands for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol,” and HTML,

the language used for creating Web pages, is

“Hypertext Markup Language.”

“Why is hypertext useful?”

The whole idea of hypertext is that you don’t have to read it page by page, like a

book. It contains “hyperlinks” that,

when clicked, instantly transport you

somewhere else—another point in the same document or

Web page or another document or Web

page.

“How does that work?”

This like turning from your current page in a book to the notes or

index at the back of the book,

or finding a page number in a table of contents and

turning to that page,

except that the process is automated and instant.

“OK, we’re sold! Show us!”

Inserting a hyperlink in PowerPoint

is easy! Let’s

assume you have a presentation open…

…and you want to insert a URL

(web site address).

Just go to the web site,

and return to your

presentation. Then…

URL

Right click in the area you want to

insert the hyperlink…

then either click on “InsertHyperlink” on the toolbar or click on the little

blue globe with the chain link

underneath…

hyperlinkhere

Insert Hyperlink

The “Insert Hyperlink” dialogue box will open.

Click on the tab “Existing File or Web Page,” to the top left,

then “Browsed Pages” below and to the right. Any web pages you’ve visited on the Internet will appear in a list.

Existing File or Web Page

Browsed Pages

Just click to highlight and

choose the web site you want to link – in this case, “Sharon G. Flake :: Home.”

The URL will appear

in the “Address:” box…

web site name

URL

Just click “OK” and you’re

done!OK

“Wow! That IS easy!”

Would you like to see an actual example of a

hyperlinked PowerPoint

presentation?

Check out

Sharon’s web site at:

http://www.sharongflake.com

Assignment #1:Setting, Theme, Plot, and

Characters

The Skin I’m In:Setting, Themes, Characters, and Plot

by______________________________

The Skin I’m In, by Sharon G. Flake, takes place in ...

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________Winword.exe

What Does My Face Say To The World?

The Skin I’m In: What Does My Face Say To

The World?by ________________________

In chapter 4 of the novel The Skin I’m In, Miss Saunders asks her class the question, “What does your face say to the world?...”________________________________________________________

Winword.exe

The Skin I’m In: What Does My Face Say To

The World?by ________________________

In chapter 4 of the novel The Skin I’m In, Miss Saunders asks her class the question, “What does your face say to the world?...”________________________________________________________

POWERPNT.EXE

That’s all, folks!

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