Re: Problem with Animation

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In article <B12E0F43-D78E-41DA-9DB3-B708292DCBDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tom S wrote:
> Steve - thanks for your reply - I would love for the inserted picture which 
> is a 1MB gif animation to NOT be linked but rather be embedded - all I do is 
> insert it like I would any other picture - But, MS docs seem to say that 
> animated gif's have to be linked?

Not that I've seen.  

Movies are linked, but animated GIFs are a different animal as far as PPT is 
concerned.

> In any case, it works perfectly when I view it on my computer but when I 
> email the ppt or pps with or without the gif file in the same folder, I can 
> NOT get the inserted "picture" gif to work on another's computer

Let me ask again.  Do the people at the other end see the GIF, but don't get it to 
animate?  

And are they viewing it in slide show mode?  It won't animate in other views.

If they're seeing the image but not getting animation in slide show view, then the 
info on Sonia's site is what you'll need to go with.

- I have 
> tried inserting the gif as a movie, object, etc. - I also tried the 
> PFCmedia.com fix which seems to try to embed things but it would not let me 
> even insert a gif file
> 
> thanks for any help you can give!
> 
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
> 
> > In article <CC81C50E-1FE4-45E6-84AD-7A1B85F7A9F0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tom S wrote:
> > > I have been going nuts trying to get a linked .gif animation to run within a 
> > > powerpoint that I email.
> > 
> > Linked pictures in PPT are a mess.  Since you have to send both the picture and 
> > the PPT anyhow, there's no filesize advantage to linking.  I'd embed instead.
> > 
> > If there's a particular reason why you can't do that, then download the free 
> > FixLinks demo at http://fixlinks.pptools.com
> > 
> > The free demo will repair your image links so that they'll work at the other 
> > end, so long as the user puts the linked image and the PPT in the same folder 
> > when they receive them  from you.  Getting the user to behave is beyond 
> > FixLinks' capabilities. ,-)
> > 
> > See the other replies for info re how GIFs may animate differently on differnt 
> > versions of PPT.
> > 
> > 
> > > - of course, it works perfectly on my computer
> > > - everyone I mail it to has powerpoint 2002 or later
> > > - I also send the linked gif and make sure the ppt and gif are in the same 
> > > folder
> > > - I tried to use pack and go but you have to also send the .exe file and 
> > > email servers don't like .exe's
> > > - I have also tried changing my animation to loop twice because I read 
> > > elsewhere that a once only loop can cause problems in powerpoint.
> > > - the .gif runs for about 30 seconds and was created in photoshop's image 
> > > ready 7.0 and it is almost 1 MB
> > > - running PP2002, XP prof.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!!
> > >
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools:  www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> > 
> > 
> >
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
PPTools:  www.pptools.com
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