PUB97: Animated GIF Images Don't Animate After Exporting From Publisher 97 (154814)
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This article was previously published under Q154814 SYMPTOMS
If you import an animated GIF into a publication and then export the
publication as HTML, the image no longer animates.
CAUSE
Animated GIFs are graphic files that contain more than one separate
picture. Some Web browsers can display each of the separate pictures in
turn, one right after another, to give the effect of animation. This is a
special feature of the GIF 89a file format; many other graphics formats do
not allow multiple pictures in the same file.
When you import a GIF file into Publisher, it goes through a graphics
import filter. The Publisher graphics filters convert all graphics files
into Windows Metafile data and then gives that data to Publisher. Since
Windows Metafiles only support one picture per file, only the first image
in a multi-image GIF file is converted.
RESOLUTION
If you want to use an animated GIF in a Publisher-created Web Site, use
the following steps (note, these steps assume that you have Microsoft
Internet Explorer version 3.0 installed on you computer--other Web
browsers should have similar capabilities, but the menu choices may be
different from the ones presented here):
- Import the animated GIF into your publication (it will be imported
as a static picture).
- On the File menu, click Publish Web Site To Folder. Choose a folder
into which to publish your Web Site.
- Start Internet Explorer. On the File menu, click Open.
- Click the Browse button and then double-click the folder you chose
in step 2.
- There will be a file with one of the following names in this folder:
Index.html
Index.htm
Default.html
Default.htm
Double-click the file to open your Web Site.
- Find the static picture of your animated GIF. Right-click the
Picture, and then click Properties and write down the name of the
GIF file.
This will be a "generic" name similar to Image4.gif. You can now
exit Internet Explorer.
- Delete the file that has the same name as you determined in step 6.
- Place a copy of your animated GIF in the same folder as your Web
site.
- Rename this copy of your animated GIF to the name you determined in
step 6.
If you view your Web Site in Internet Explorer 3.0 now, you will see
the animation.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in
Microsoft Publisher 98.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/7/2002 |
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Keywords: | kbgraphic kbhtml kbinterop kbprb kbweb KB154814 |
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