Animated GIF doesn't animate

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Daniel Gatti

OS: Windows XP Pro, SP1
Office: Office 2003, SP1.
Problem: When I add an animated GIF as a picture or movie and play the
slide show, the GIF does not animate. I have followed the instructions
for adding an animted GIF in the help. But it doesn't work. Is there a
setting in Powerpoint that turns on GIF animation?

The GIF will animate fine in IE or Windows Media Player. I am not using
Zone Alarm on that computer.
 
Daniel Gatti said:
OS: Windows XP Pro, SP1
Office: Office 2003, SP1.
Problem: When I add an animated GIF as a picture or movie and play the
slide show, the GIF does not animate. I have followed the instructions for
adding an animted GIF in the help. But it doesn't work. Is there a setting
in Powerpoint that turns on GIF animation?

The GIF will animate fine in IE or Windows Media Player. I am not using
Zone Alarm on that computer.
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Daniel,

is your GIF set to play only once? For whatever reason, PowerPoint 2003
subtracts 1 from that number. So if you want it to play once, set it to play
twice. Or set it to loop continuously.

Kind regards,
Ute
 
Ute said:
Daniel,

is your GIF set to play only once? For whatever reason, PowerPoint 2003
subtracts 1 from that number. So if you want it to play once, set it to
play twice. Or set it to loop continuously.

Kind regards,
Ute
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This solved the problem. We used Imagemagick to set the number of loop
iterations to 2 and the GIF plays in Powerpoint 2003. Thanks!
 
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