But you can also add a link to an image if you find that you need this functionality. Whether the link is there to provide credit to the creator of the image, or to offer your document reader additional information about a topic, the ability to point them to another location can be very helpful. Our short how-to guide below will show you the steps needed in order to add a link to an image.  

The steps in this article will require you to know the Web address (URL) of the page to which you want your image to link. People will then be able to click the picture in your document and open that link in their default Web browser. These steps assume that you already have a picture in your document to which you want to add the link. If you do not, then this article will show you how to add a picture to your document.   Step 1: Open the document containing the image to which you want to add a link.   Step 2: Click the image to select it.

    Step 3: Click the Insert tab at the top of the window.

    Step 4: Click the Hyperlink button in the Links section of the navigational ribbon at the top of the window.

    Step 5: Type the URL for the link into the Address field at the bottom of the window. Note that you can also copy and paste a link from a different location (such as an open Web browser tab) if you do not know or do not want to type the address yourself. The steps in this article will help if you are having difficulty copying and pasting a link from an open Web page. Click the OK button once the address has been entered.

    Click in another location in the document so that the image is no longer selected, then you can hover over the image to see the link. If you hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click the image, you will be taken to the Web page.

    An alternative way to add a link would be to right-click the image, then click the Hyperlink option.

    You can use a similar method to add a link to a picture in Excel 2013. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.

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