how to turn the slide attachment to a link?
Asked by Joy Saha:

Hi,

Just like we can add link in a word doc, I was wondering if I can turn a powerpoint slide as link? For example, in my confluence page, it will show the word "slide" but when u click on it the actual slides will open in a window. Please lmk if this can be achieved.

Thanks!

J


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Joy,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! It's nice to meet you.

It's not possible right now to link text to an attachment in Confluence, but it's on our short-term roadmap. Follow the case below for updates on when we release that feature!

* [CONFCLOUD-65302](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65302) *Ability to link text to an attachment in the editor*

You can check the [Confluence Cloud Editor Roadmap](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap/) for further information. Review [this table](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ConfCloud/Insert+Links+and+Anchors#InsertLinksandAnchors-linkformats) for an alternative method.

I hope that helps, but let me know if you have any additional questions about that.

Take care,

Shannon

comments: author: Joy Saha
body: Thanks for getting back to me Shannon! I wanted to share 2 screenshots of confluence, where I saw this was done....please review and lmk if I can do something similar.

In the first shot, please see the word POSTER (which contains the link to the power point). When I click on poster the actual power point (in the 2nd screenshot) pops up in a new window...this is being done in confluence by a different group at my institution. Please lmk if you can help to be able to do this ...

Thanks!

J![confluence-page0001.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/144949i29813BA526CA81A7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence-page0001.jpg")


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Joy,

Thank you for your reply. If you take a look at the page I referred to you, [Insert Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/insert-links-724764900.html), there's a table that suggests the following:
> **Link to a page's attachment**
>
> Doing this through the link tool is [coming soon](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65302). In the meanwhile, you can use this process to accomplish your goal.
>
> 1. Go to the published version of the page containing the attachment to which you want to link.
>
> 2. Go to **More ??? \> Attachments**.
>
> 3. Right-click on the file name of the attachment, and select Copy Link Address.
>
> 4. Go to and edit the page where you want to link to the attachment.
>
> 5. Paste the URL in the link tool pop-up, and give it a more friendly name if desired.

Note that if you use the example above, by right-clicking the attachment's name, that gives you a downloadable link. To display the attachment in a preview, you'll need to copy the preview link. I created a video below to show you how I did that:

![2021-05-27 13.35.27.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145087i6CF210571618C8A4/image-dimensions/500x345?v=v2 "2021-05-27 13.35.27.gif")

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any trouble.

Take care,

Shannon


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