PPT98: PowerPoint 98 Doesn't Support Animated GIFs (234198)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q234198

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.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2002
Keywords:kbgraphic kbhtml kbinfo kbprb KB234198
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