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Explore options to add and edit hyperlinks for Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: Microsoft PowerPoint 2011
OS: Mac OS X
OS: Mac OS X
Date Created: January 13th 2012
Last Updated: January 13th 2012
Last Updated: January 13th 2012
Once you insert an Action Button, and explore the default behavior for each Action Button, you are ready to move on to more detailed techniques on working with Action Buttons. Each Action Button has a default action associated -- this typically is a hyperlink to some other slide in your presentation. You can change this link, or even add another link such as a link to your web site, another document, and more. In this tutorial, you will learn how to add or change hyperlinks emanating from Action Buttons:
When you insert an Action Button, the Action Settings dialog box pops up with the default Mouse Click tab selected as you can see in Figure 1. Actions in the Mouse Over tab work similarly -- the only difference between the two tabs is:
- Actions chosen in the Mouse Click tab need a click on the Action Button to happen.
- Actions chosen in the Mouse Over tab merely need your cursor to be placed over the Action Button to occur.
Figure 1: Action Settings dialog box
Note: The Action Settings dialog box shown in Figure 1 may not match the settings for your Action Button -- however you can change any of these settings as per the information detailed below.
To bring up the Action Settings dialog box (refer to Figure 1 above) for an Action Button which is already inserted, just right-click your Action Button, and choose the Action Settings option in the resultant contextual menu, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Action Settings option selected
Figure 2: Action Settings option selected
Alternatively, you can select the Action Button -- then choose the Insert | Hyperlink menu option as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Hyperlink option selected within the Insert menu
Figure 3: Hyperlink option selected within the Insert menu
Either way you will bring up the same Action Settings dialog box as shown in Figure 1, above -- here are the details about the options available within the Mouse Click tab of the Action Settings dialog box, as marked in Figure 1:
- None: This radio button indicates no hyperlink has been set up for the selected Action Button. Also, if your Action Button already has some other hyperlink option selected, then choosing this option removes that link.
- Hyperlink to: Used to select a hyperlink. It causes a different slide in the active presentation, a different presentation, a non-PowerPoint document, or a web page to come up. To make the selection, click the downward arrow towards the right of the selection box (highlighted in red in Figure 1, above) to open a drop-down list as shown in Figure 4 (highlighted in red). In this drop-down list, make the selection based on your requirement.
Figure 4: Option within the Hyperlink to drop-down list - Run program: Select this radio button to set up an Action Button to run a program, for example Microsoft Word or Excel.
- Run macro: This option will be available only if macros are enabled -- to use macros, your file should be a PPTM or PPSM file -- look at our Files Types in PowerPoint 2011 tutorial to learn more about these file types.
- Object action: This option is grayed out when you select an Action Button, and then bring up the Action Settings dialog box. When you select an object (such as an embedded Word or Excel object), then this option is available within the Action Settings dialog box.
- Play sound: Select this check-box to make a sound clip play when the selected Action Button is clicked during the slide show. Once you select the Play sound check-box, you can click the downward arrow towards the right of the selection box (highlighted in blue in Figure 4) to bring up a list of available sound clips.
Note that the options from A to E are radio buttons - this means you can apply any one of these actions for your selected Action Button. The moment you choose any of these radio buttons, then any existing options are replaced.
After selecting the hyperlink and making the settings as required, make sure to click the OK button to apply them to the selected Action Button.
See Also:
Hyperlinks for Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Hyperlinks for Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Hyperlinks for Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Office 2011 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
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If you use PowerPoint at work or at home, keyboard shortcuts can be a great time saver. Here are some little-known keyboard shortcuts I’ve discovered over the last few years while working on the PowerPoint team. These keyboard shortcuts are designed for PowerPoint for Windows. If you are using PowerPoint for Mac, you can still use them if you replace Ctrl with CMD (⌘) unless stated otherwise. I hope you find these keyboard shortcuts as useful as I have!
Draw horizontal or vertical lines
Press and hold the Shift key while inserting lines to make sure they are perfectly horizontal, vertical or at a 45-degree angle.
Keep objects in proportion
Press and hold the Shift key while resizing shapes and other objects to keep their proportions consistent. This is handy if you want to resize a circle without accidentally turning it into an oval.
Duplicate an object
Adding a bunch of identical objects? Just select your object and press Ctrl+D to duplicate it. This also works on slides.
Copy and paste formatting
If you want to format an object to look just like another object without reapplying all of the formatting by hand, use the formatting clipboard. Select the object whose formatting you want to copy and press Ctrl+Shift+C. Then, select the objects that you want to have the same formatting and press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste the formatting. This also works on the slide thumbnails if you have a slide background or theme that you want to copy from slide to slide.
This keyboard shortcut makes use of the Format Painter feature, which also allows you to copy formatting from one shape to another. The keyboard shortcut is a good one to remember since it packs even more power—once you’ve copied the formatting, you can paste the formatting onto as many shapes as you like without having to copy it again.
Group and ungroup
To group objects together, just select the objects and press Ctrl+G. To ungroup, select the object and press Ctrl+Shift+G. If you’re a Mac user, press CMD+Option+G to group and CMD+Option+Shift+G to ungroup.
Insert a new slide
Press Ctrl+M to insert a new slide after the currently selected slide. For PowerPoint for Mac, the keyboard shortcut is the same; you don’t need to substitute CMD.
Zoom
Press and hold the Ctrl key while using the mouse wheel to zoom in and out in the editor. On a touch device, you can pinch to zoom. For PowerPoint for Mac, this is another one where you don’t have to substitute CMD.
Center or align text
To quickly center text, press Ctrl+E. Not happy with your centered text? To go back to left alignment, press Ctrl+L, or press Ctrl+R to right align the text.
Clear formatting
To remove all formatting from selected text, press Ctrl+Spacebar. This will reset the text back to the default formatting.
PowerPoint content placeholders have logic built in to make sure your text has the right size and formatting to match the rest of your presentation. If you’ve changed the formatting for some text or you have pasted in text that already had formatting on it, you can use the clear formatting shortcut to make the text match the design of the rest of your presentation again.
To clear formatting on PowerPoint for Mac, simply click the Clear Formatting button on the Home tab.
Start Slideshow
Done editing and ready to present? To start a Slideshow from the first slide, just press F5. If you want to start from the current slide, press Shift+F5 instead.
As a bonus, here are a few more keyboard shortcuts you might have forgotten about. Happy editing!
Action | Windows | Mac |
Select all | Ctrl+A | ⌘+A |
Bold | Ctrl+B | ⌘+B |
Copy | Ctrl+C | ⌘+C |
Paste | Ctrl+V | ⌘+V |
Undo | Ctrl+Z | ⌘+Z |
Redo | Ctrl+Y | ⌘+Y |
Save | Ctrl+S | ⌘+S |
New presentation | Ctrl+N | ⌘+N |
Find text | Ctrl+F | ⌘+F |
Check spelling | F7 | F7 |
—Lauren Janas, program manager for the PowerPoint team