Revolutionize Your Presentations: Learn How To Link Your Slides In Google Slides Like A Pro!

If you are struggling to engage your audience with your presentations, it might be time to consider linking your slides in Google Slides. Linking your slides is a valuable technique that can help you create a more cohesive and engaging experience for your audience. In this article, we will explore how to link your slides in Google Slides like a pro.

What Is Linking in Google Slides?

Linking slides in Google Slides allows you to create a smooth flow between your slides, making your presentation look more professional and engaging. Linking your slides means adding hyperlinks to your presentation that lead to a specific slide or section, making it easier for your audience to navigate through your slides.

Linking your slides in Google Slides can make your presentation more engaging, organized, and polished. It can help you create a better flow and make it easier for your audience to follow along with your presentation. Additionally, adding links to your slides can make it easier for you to navigate your presentation during your delivery.

  1. Determine the Structure of Your Presentation

Before you can start linking your slides in Google Slides, you need to have a clear understanding of your presentation structure. Decide how many sections you want to have in your presentation, and which slides should belong to each section. Having a clear structure will make it easier for you to add the links.

  1. Locate the Target Slide

Once you have a clear structure for your presentation, you need to locate the slides that you want to link to. To do this, go to the slide that you want to link from, and click on the “link” icon in the toolbar. This will open the link dialog box.

  1. Add The Links

In the link dialog box, you will see several options. Select the “slides in this presentation” option, and then select the slide you want to link to. You can also add a tooltip that will appear when the user hovers over the link, which can help to provide context.

  1. Repeat as Needed

Repeat this process for all of the slides that you want to link together. Once you have added all of the links, it’s a good idea to test your presentation to make sure the links work as intended.

Conclusion

Linking your slides in Google Slides is a valuable skill that can help you create more professional, polished, and engaging presentations. By following these simple steps, you can link your slides like a pro, and revolutionize the way you deliver your presentations. Give it a try and see the difference it can make in engaging your audience!

This article explains how to link to another slide from within a Google Slides presentation. Instructions for both the desktop website and the mobile app are included.

What to Know

  • On the website, go to Insert > Link to choose a destination slide.In the app, tap Insert link to pick where the link should go.

It’s as easy as choosing the source object and the destination slide, but the directions are a little different between the website and app.

Use the Insert menu to find the hyperlink option.

  • Highlight the text or select the object/image for which you want to create a hyperlink.
  • Be careful what you’re choosing here. If you have text on top of a large object, you might accidentally choose the object when you really want to add a link to the text.
  • Go to Insert > Link, or press Ctrl+K (Windows) or Command+K (Mac).
  • Select the slide you want to link to. If you have trouble finding it, choose Slides in this presentation to view only those slides.

Tap-and-hold the item to see the hyperlink option.

Highlight the text or select the object/image for which you want to create a hyperlink.

Be careful what you’re choosing here. If you have text on top of a large object, you might accidentally choose the object when you really want to add a link to the text.

Go to Insert > Link, or press Ctrl+K (Windows) or Command+K (Mac).

Select the slide you want to link to. If you have trouble finding it, choose Slides in this presentation to view only those slides.

  • Select the object or press-and-hold the text to highlight it (double-tap the text to enter edit mode).
  • Tap Insert link. If you don’t see this option, you either can’t add a hyperlink to that specific object, or it’s in the overflow menu (the three dots).
  • Search for and then select the slide you want to link to. All the slides in your presentation are listed in the Slides menu.
  • Tap the checkmark at the top right to save the link, and then be sure to also select the checkmark at the top left of the next screen to save the changes you made to the slide.

At any time, you can change or remove the hyperlinks you’ve made.

Select the object or press-and-hold the text to highlight it (double-tap the text to enter edit mode).

Tap Insert link. If you don’t see this option, you either can’t add a hyperlink to that specific object, or it’s in the overflow menu (the three dots).

Search for and then select the slide you want to link to. All the slides in your presentation are listed in the Slides menu.

Tap the checkmark at the top right to save the link, and then be sure to also select the checkmark at the top left of the next screen to save the changes you made to the slide.

Select the hyperlink once for a small menu to pop up. Use the second link (called Edit link in the app) to change which slide should appear when it’s clicked, or use the third link (Remove link in the app) to completely delete that hyperlink.

You can also change the formatting of the link to adjust the color or remove the hyperlink’s underline. You might do this to make the text flow better with the slide’s overall theme, so it blends in and looks like other items in the slideshow, instead of an obvious link.

To do that, highlight the text, and then use the formatting menu to make any changes you want. In the example below with the letter C, we’ve removed the underline and restored the black text color so it looks more like the text from the other slides. The link still works despite the formatting changes.

When you want to proceed to the next slide in a presentation, it’s typical to click somewhere on the slide. However, if you have a specific slide you want to advance to—one you’ve already made a hyperlink for—you have to make sure to select that link when it comes time to access the slide you want to present.

A presentation naturally flows from the first slide to the second one, and then the third, and so on. If there are things you want to address earlier than they’d be presented during the natural flow of the slideshow, you can jump to them ahead of time through hyperlinks. It’s essentially a shortcut to wherever you want to go next.

For example, maybe you have a citations slide at the very end of the presentation that provides sources for the data you’re discussing. Creating a hyperlink provides an easy way to link to that slide from all your slides so you don’t have to click through potentially dozens of slides just to reach the one you want to present right now, nor do you need to squeeze all the citations in each slide that needs them. If you care to show those sources during the presentation, they’re now just a click away.

Another handy use for a hyperlink is to link back to the first slide from every other slide, maybe because you’re using a table of contents to outline the slideshow. Linked slides are also convenient if you’re building a walkthrough, such as a software tutorial, because specific objects you’ve hyperlinked can then go directly to whatever slide provides details about that item.

  • Why can’t I insert a link on Google Slides?
  • You must select an object before you can insert a link. Make sure there’s a blue box around the object you want to link.
  • How do I link a video in Google Slides?
  • To embed a video in Google Slides, go to Insert > Video and select Google Drive, by URL, or use the YouTube search bar. Choose a video and click Select to insert it.
  • How do I link to a PDF in Google Slides?
  • You can convert the PDF to an image and insert it that way. Alternatively, upload the PDF to your Google Drive, right-click the file, and select Get link. Then, insert the link in Google Slides.

You must select an object before you can insert a link. Make sure there’s a blue box around the object you want to link.

To embed a video in Google Slides, go to Insert > Video and select Google Drive, by URL, or use the YouTube search bar. Choose a video and click Select to insert it.

You can convert the PDF to an image and insert it that way. Alternatively, upload the PDF to your Google Drive, right-click the file, and select Get link. Then, insert the link in Google Slides.

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