LESSON 5

Advanced Presentation
Skills
• Hyperlinks
• Embedding files and data
 QUICK TIPS IN IN CREATING
AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION

1. Minimize
- Keep slide counts to a minimum to maintain
a clear message and to keep the audience
attentive.
2. Clarity
 Avoid being fancy by using a font style that
is easy to read.

3. Simplicity
- Use bullets or short sentences.
4. Visuals
 Use graphics to help in your presentation but
not too many distract the audience.
5. Consistency
- Make your design uniform
6. Contrast
- Use light font on dark background or vice
versa
 Using Hyperlinks in Microsoft
PowerPoint:
1. Select an object or highlight
a text.

2. Go to Insert >
Hyperlinks (under links
category) or use the
shortcut key Ctrl + K.
The insert Hyperlink
dialog box would
appear.
Hyperlink

- Allows you to move from one web

page document to another.  It can be
text which is usually underlined or a
graphic. 
 Using Hyperlinks in Microsoft
PowerPoint:
Link to Options:

a. Existing File or Web Page – creates a hyperlink to website or a local file saved in
your hard drive. Just browse your file in the dialog box or type the web address.

b. Place in This Document – creates a hyperlink that allows you to jump to a specific
slide in your presentation.

c. Create a New Document – creates a hyperlink that once clicked, creates a new
document on your specified location.

d. E-mail Address – creates a hyperlink that opens Microsoft Outlook that automatically
adds your specified recipient on a new email.
 Using Hyperlinks in Microsoft
PowerPoint:

3. When done, click OK to apply your hyperlink.

 Embedding Objects in
Microsoft PowerPoint

Embedding objects is easy using

PowerPoint Presentation. With this
option, you can insert an Excel file that
would look like a table to a PowerPoint
Presentation.
 EMBEDDING AN EXCEL FILE TO
YOUR POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION
1. Go to the Insert tab.
2. On the Text group, click
on Object.
3. The Insert Object dialog
box would appear:
4. Once you are done, click OK.
Options:
a. Create New – creates a new file from
scratch. You can select on a wide variety
of files listed.
b. Create from File – creates a file from
an existing file saved on your hard drive;
simply browse the file to use it. Putting a
check on the “link” option will allow you
to modify the Excel file inside your
PowerPoint Presentation.