Automatically click a hyperlink during a powerpoint presentation

Question

_{Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:37 PM}

I have a slide which contains a hyperlink to a web page.  The slideshow needs to run automatically.  When the slide with the hyperlink appears, I would like the hyperlink to be automatically triggered without someone having to click the hyperlink.  Is this possible in Powerpoint 2010 and if so, how?  Thanks.

All replies (5)

_{Tuesday, May 7, 2013 9:04 PM}

Yes. This is what I do:

1. Highlight the text you want to make into a hyperlink. If it's a single word (no spaces in it) like 'Bing' then you can simply place your cursor anywhere within the word.
2. Press and hold down Ctrl on the keyboard followed by the K key. Alternatively you can do an Insert/Hyperlink from the Insert tab on the Ribbon.
3. Type the web address in the box, mine does an autocomplete. I'm on PowerPoint 2013, by the way. That shouldn't matter. For this test, I'll use http://www.bing.com.
4. Click OK
5. To get it to run automatically, progress through each slide without user interaction, click on the Transitions tab, click the "After" box. I think you can copy (duplicate) those slides and the check box checked will copy over.
6. Press F5
7. Click on the hyperlink.

Slide Show tab > Set up Show, has a Show Type section to do Kiosk mode. Check that out too.

*When you're not in slideshow mode you can right-click the hyperlink and choose Open Hyperlink to open it in normal view mode.

_{Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:43 PM}

I do not want to have to click on the hyperlink during the slide show as your instruction states in number 7.  Is there a way that during an automatic slide show, the hyperlink automatically triggers without someone having to click on it?

_{Friday, May 24, 2013 2:17 PM}

Hi tennisne1,

Yes it is possible to click a hyperlink from VBA code.  The line of code you need to use is the following:

ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Hyperlinks(1).Follow

You will need to modify the numbers in parenthesis for the correct slide number and if there are more than one hyperlink on the slide. 

Best Regards, 

Travis O.

Microsoft Online Community Support

_{Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:15 PM | 1 vote}

You don't need VBA code or anything, just an OLE object. It's a bit complicated, so I made a video. Weirdly enough, I can't post a link to it, so just search youtube for powerpoint automatic link. Last I checked, I was the first result.

_{Wednesday, September 21, 2016 9:00 PM}

Thanks for the tip but I still can't do it as I have no clue where to put that line. In a new module? When I click alt+F11 it bring VBA editor but there are no window to write code in, the only way I can see one is by making a new module, so my module looks like:

sub click()

end sub

and then I write your code between the sub and end line.

Doesn't work.

I know I am noobing out but I still need the info. At least in Excel there is a document object I can put code in, I don't seem to have that with powerpoint.

Thanks, regards