save animated gif

Question

I am new to Office 2007 (in 2011 believe it or not), I can insert an animated gif clip art file in a presentation, but when I "Save Picture As" an animated GIF, it no longer animates in Windows P&F Viewer or in IE 8.

In Office 2003, it worked like a charm. What is happening?

Thanks,

Bob

Answer 1

I was going to agree with John, but after testing quickly, find that we're both wrong.  Or he is.  I hadn't yet agreed with him, so I only lose half marks. ;-)

But you can add .ZIP to the end of your PPTX file's filename, open it as a zip file and if you poke around a bit, you'll find your original GIF.  Drag it off to the desktop and there you go.

In any case, you're right, it's busted in 2007 and in 2010.  I'll report this to MS.

Oh, another trick:  Save as Web Page.  In the folder of supporting files that this creates, you'll find your GIF (under a different name).  But animated.

Answer 2

Reinsert gif pictures. In Picture Tools Compress either turn off 'compress on save'

or change the target to 150 or higher.

Answer 3

I'm not sure any version could save pictures as ani gifs. to the best of my knowledge you always got a static gif. Maybe someone knows better.