PPT97: PowerPoint 97 Doesn't Support Animated GIF's

ID: Q234167

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SYMPTOMS

When you insert a picture that is an animated GIF into your PowerPoint presentation, the picture will not animate. When you view your presentation in Slide Show view, your animated GIF will not animate. When you save your presentation in HTML format, your animated GIF will not animate.


CAUSE

PowerPoint does not support the animated GIF format. By default, the GIF graphics import filter used by PowerPoint to import an animated GIF into PowerPoint strips away all but the first frame of the graphic. Even if you save your presentation to HTML using the GIF option, there is no way for PowerPoint to play back that animated GIF, because the animated GIF has already been converted into a static single frame GIF image.


STATUS

This behavior is by design in PowerPoint 97.

This functionality has been reviewed and has been included in PowerPoint 2000.

Additional query words: ppt97 97 ppt8 8.0 powerpoint ppt problem motion movie clip play show display work blank missing gone 


Keywords          : kbgraphic kbdta kbhtml 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 18, 1999