Linking to other slides and websites

Links make a presentation interactive by letting viewers open a website or move directly to another slide. You can make an entire content block clickable or add a link to selected text within a text block.

Links are not clickable while you are editing, but they work in preview and presentation views.

Choose what is clickable

Link an entire content block

Use a block link when you want a button, image, shape, text block, or other piece of content to act as one clickable area.

1. Select any content block.
2. Open Link in the left toolbar.
3. Choose where the link should point using the Target menu.

The expanded Link controls let you choose a target and enter its destination.

Add a link to text

Use an inline link when only a word or passage within a text block should be clickable.

1. Edit the text block and select the text you want to link.
2. Choose the link option in the text toolbar.
3. Enter the destination and confirm the link.

Choose where the link points

Link to a website

You can point a block or inline text link to any web URL. For an entire content block, choose Website from the Target menu and enter the URL. For an inline text link, enter the URL directly in the link dialog.

Website links open in a new browser tab when someone views your presentation.

Link to another slide

Internal links move viewers to another slide in the same presentation. For an entire content block, the Target menu lists slides by name and number. The following example links a content block to a named slide.

For inline text links, enter the internal destination in the link dialog using one of the formats below.

Link by slide name

A named link points to the same slide even if you rearrange the presentation. This makes named links the best choice when you expect the slide order to change.

First, open slide settings and give the destination slide a unique Slide Name. You can then select it under Named slides when linking an entire block, or enter #/<slide-name> for an inline text link. For example, a slide named overview uses the link #/overview.

Link by slide number

A numbered link points to a position in the presentation. If you rearrange your slides, it will continue pointing to that position and may therefore open a different slide.

For a block link, select the slide under Slides in the Target menu. For an inline text link, enter #/<slide-number>. The number in the URL starts at zero, so #/2 points to the third slide.

For vertical slides, include both positions. For example, #/3/1 points to the second vertical slide beneath the fourth horizontal slide.