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In PowerPoint 2002, a hyperlink is simply a bit of text or a graphic image that you can click when viewing a slide to summon another slide, another presentation, or perhaps some other type of document, such as a Word document or an Excel worksheet. The hyperlink may also lead to a page on the World Wide Web.
To add a hyperlink to another presentation, follow these steps:
1. Select the text or graphic object that you want to make into a hyperlink.
2. Choose the Insert-->Hyperlink command or click the Insert Hyperlink button.
The Insert Hyperlink dialog box appears.
3. Click Existing File or Web Page from the list of icons on the left side of the dialog box.
4. Click Current Folder.
5. Choose the file that you want to link to.
You may have to rummage about your hard disk to find the presentation.
6. Click OK.
The presentation that you link to does not have to be in the same folder or even on the same drive as the current presentation. In fact, you can link to a presentation that resides on a network file server if you want.
You can also link to a specific slide within another presentation by clicking the Bookmark button, which brings up a dialog box listing the slides in the selected presentation. Choose the slide you want to link to; then click OK to return to the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.
 | If you want to create a hyperlink to an existing Web page, just type the address of the Web page in your outline or on your slide and a hyperlink automatically appears. You can select any page of a Web site as long as you know the URL for that specific page. |
When you follow a link to another presentation, PowerPoint automatically opens the other presentation. That means you now have both presentations open. When you're finished viewing the second presentation, close it to return to the original presentation.
| To remove a hyperlink, right-click the hyperlink you want to zap, and then choose Remove Hyperlink from the menu that appears. |
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