Archive for January, 2011

Change the Hyperlink Color in PowerPoint

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Does it ever drive you crazy that the color of hyperlink text is always blue in a PowerPoint slide? Who determined THAT? What if you don’t like blue?? It’s presentation season at CNS and this one always gets me. Then I saw this tip in a newsletter from our training partner OfficePro, and thought it was a great tip to share.

  1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Colors, and then click Create New Theme Colors.
  2. In the Create New Theme Colors dialog box, under Theme colors, do one of the following:
  3. To change the color of hyperlink text, click the arrow next to Hyperlink, and then select a color.
  4. To change the color of followed hyperlink (followed hyperlink: A hyperlink to a destination you have visited. Once you follow a hyperlink to its destination, the hyperlink changes color) text, click the arrow next to Followed Hyperlink, and then select a color. For additional color choices, click More Colors.
  5. Click Save.