Making an Interactive Table of
Contents in PowerPoint
Build It, Then Link It
• Type out your table of contents and
continue to build your PowerPoint
presentation.
• When you are all done, then you can make
your table of contents interactive.
An Example
This is the third slide. A Table of Contents for this
PowerPoint might read:
• Title Page
• Build It, Then Link It
• An Example
On the next slide are step-by-step directions to
create links from this type of list.
Example - Directions
• We’re going to start with a link to the title page.
1. Highlight the text you want to link with your mouse.
2. Click “Insert” then “Hyperlink”
3. Click “Place in This Document”
4. Click on the plus (+) box next to “Slide Titles”
5. Click on the slide you want to link to and click OK
6. Repeat these directions for each item in your table of
contents.
Check out the next slide for the example, now
hyperlinked!
An Example - Hyperlinked
Here’s the example again, try out the links!
• Title Page
• Build It, Then Link It
• An Example
But how does your audience get back to the table
of contents slide? Check out the next slide to find
out!
Adding a Link Back to Contents
You can either create a link back to contents by inserting a text box on
each slide, or you can create a permanent link via the Slide Master
To create a permanent link for the whole presentation:
1. Click “View” then “Master” then “Slide Master”
2. Click on the “footer” box and delete it
3. Click “Insert” then “Text Box”
4. Draw the text box where the footer box used to be
5. Type some text such as: Back to Contents Page
6. Highlight the text in the box with your mouse.
7. Click “Insert” then “Hyperlink”
8. Click “Place in This Document”
9. Click on the plus (+) box next to “Slide Titles”
10. Click on the table of contents slide title and click OK
11. Click “Close”