Outlook 2007 - Animated Gifs not animating

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Ken Applequist - 24 Jul 2007 16:46 GMT

In Outlook 2003, if I inserted an animated gif into the body of my text, I
saw the animation. I've just upgraded to 2007 and now when I insert the
animated gif, I see the basic picture, but there is no animation. Is this a
bug, user error, or is there some kind of a setting to enable the animation?
Thanks,
Ken

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 24 Jul 2007 16:58 GMT

This is by design. Outlook 2007 does not support animations. There is no setting to change that behavior.

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> In Outlook 2003, if I inserted an animated gif into the body of my text, I
> saw the animation. I've just upgraded to 2007 and now when I insert the
> animated gif, I see the basic picture, but there is no animation. Is this a
> bug, user error, or is there some kind of a setting to enable the animation?
> Thanks,
> Ken

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BillR [MVP] - 24 Jul 2007 17:02 GMT

You won't see it animated when you insert it - no control. A recipient with
Outlook 2007 would need to view the email in Internet Explorer to see the
animation.

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> In Outlook 2003, if I inserted an animated gif into the body of my text, I
> saw the animation. I've just upgraded to 2007 and now when I insert the
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> Thanks,
> Ken

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