I really like Outlook 2007!! But, there is one thing which I find
disappointing. Animated .gif files, e.g., "Smileys, Emoticons" in the body
of a message are displayed as being static, i.e., no animation. Is there a
way to change this so the animation works? And, if it makes any difference,
this is on a Vista Ultimate machine.

No, there is no way to change that.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

"Hapkido" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I really like Outlook 2007!! But, there is one thing which I find
> disappointing. Animated .gif files, e.g., "Smileys, Emoticons" in the body
> of a message are displayed as being static, i.e., no animation. Is there a
> way to change this so the animation works? And, if it makes any difference,
> this is on a Vista Ultimate machine.
>

Thanks Sue for the quick reply, although the answer isn't what I had hoped,
albeit expected.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23bTx$(E-Mail Removed)...
No, there is no way to change that.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

"Hapkido" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I really like Outlook 2007!! But, there is one thing which I find
> disappointing. Animated .gif files, e.g., "Smileys, Emoticons" in the body
> of a message are displayed as being static, i.e., no animation. Is there a
> way to change this so the animation works? And, if it makes any
> difference,
> this is on a Vista Ultimate machine.
>

They took out sound in the name of security, why did they they take
out animated pictures? Just lazy programmers that could not be
bothered? I see that they still allow us to send out animations even
though we can't see them.

Maybe the next upgrade will take out all pictures and then ...
colours?

Al


On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:02:14 -0400, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No, there is no way to change that.

It was removed for Security reasons. You are better off

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Peter

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"Alfred Kaufmann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> They took out sound in the name of security, why did they they take
> out animated pictures? Just lazy programmers that could not be
> bothered? I see that they still allow us to send out animations even
> though we can't see them.
>
> Maybe the next upgrade will take out all pictures and then ...
> colours?
>
> Al
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:02:14 -0400, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>No, there is no way to change that.

Sorry . I should have said that it was removed from Office 2007 for security reasons

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Peter

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"Alfred Kaufmann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> They took out sound in the name of security, why did they they take
> out animated pictures? Just lazy programmers that could not be
> bothered? I see that they still allow us to send out animations even
> though we can't see them.
>
> Maybe the next upgrade will take out all pictures and then ...
> colours?
>
> Al
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:02:14 -0400, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>No, there is no way to change that.

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:19:49 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Sorry . I should have said that it was removed from Office 2007 for security reasons

Too many companies just use that as an excuse to justify their poor
performance. If e-mail can display one picture without security
concerns, then it can display a series of pictures, which is another
name for an animated picture.

If some people want to live in a plain text world they can chose that
option and let the rest of us enjoy animations and sound with our
e-mail.

Al