12 STEPS
1. Open your presentation and highlight the text you want to link.
2. With text highlighted, click Insert
3. Click Link
4. Paste in the URL of the website you want to link to, then Click Apply
5. With your mouse, hover the text to expose the external link, in this case to https://www.nytimes.com/
6. To link to another slide within a Google Slides presentation, highlight desired text, then Click Insert
7. Click Link
8. Click Slides in this presentation dropdown menu
9. Scroll down to the slide you want to select. We will choose Slide 2
10. Click Apply
11. This text will now take you to Slide 2 when clicked on. This can be a great way to create interactive activities for students.
12. That's it. You're done.