Delete the Caption (otherwise it will appear on your slide)Screenshot of the Change Icon pop up
Click the Browse button above and locate & choose the transparent icon you downloaded in Step 1
Click OK
Step 5
At this point, you’ll have a phone numbers in honduras transparent object (don’t forget to name it in the Selection Pane) which you can double click in the Normal view to open in the default PDF app. Great stuff, but we’re only halfway there: it won’t be interactive in Slide Show mode until you do this:
With the transparent object selected, click the Insert tab again followed by Action in the Links group:Screenshot of the action option
Click Object action in the Mouse Click tab to set the PDF file to Open on click:Screenshot of the Action Settings pop up
Step 6
Resize your transparent object and put it on top of the picture you want to act as the link to the PDF file. Note that you can’t rotate it, but you can resize it. You can use the Match Size and Align Objects Centre + Middle features in our free PowerPoint add-in BrightSlide to speed that up with two clicks.
You can now run the slide show and single click your picture to open the PDF file in the default app.
There you have it – ways and means to get the mighty PowerPoint working together with the equally mighty PDF – it’s like Avengers: Infinity War all over again. If your content’s super suit needs a little design polishing, this is a good place to start: How to create beautiful and effective academic posters in PowerPoint. If you have more PDF questions, add them in the comments below and we’ll get the team on it!