You should be able to play these pictures as a movie (Insert menu->Movie...). The animated GIFs as pictures in a slideshow not animating is a known issue that's being investigated.
-Eric
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GIF animated pictures DO NOT MOVE in PowerPoint 2008? Anyone know how to fix this problem?
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I tried inserting as a movie, but although I can see the file I want to insert, because it is not a movie, I can't access the file. (I'm working on PowerPoint 2008). Is there a way I can tell it to look at all files?
Hi Jan,
How are you inserting as a movie? Did you try the Insert menu->Movie...
option? Pictures like animated gifs should be able to be inserted as a
movie (like QuickTime). Can you open in the latest version of QuickTime?
Are you admin on your computer?
I've converted a simple GIF animation into several different movie formats with different options. They all play fine in the slide edit view, but they all stop and stutter in presentation mode? How can you get smooth looping?