Problem with Animation

[Tom S]

I have been going nuts trying to get a linked .gif animation to run within a
powerpoint that I email.
- of course, it works perfectly on my computer
- everyone I mail it to has powerpoint 2002 or later
- I also send the linked gif and make sure the ppt and gif are in the same
folder
- I tried to use pack and go but you have to also send the .exe file and
email servers don't like .exe's
- I have also tried changing my animation to loop twice because I read
elsewhere that a once only loop can cause problems in powerpoint.
- the .gif runs for about 30 seconds and was created in photoshop's image
ready 7.0 and it is almost 1 MB
- running PP2002, XP prof.

Thanks!!

 

[Tom S]

thanks for the link on animation flags by Sonia - but, I would apparently
have to pay $25 to try that fix. The way I read MS documents, the gif does
not get embedded into the ppt file - in any case, my gif slide will not self
start when I email it. (I am using PP2002 and my clients are using 2002 or
above. Thanks, Tom

 

[Tom S]

Steve - thanks for your reply - I would love for the inserted picture which
is a 1MB gif animation to NOT be linked but rather be embedded - all I do is
insert it like I would any other picture - But, MS docs seem to say that
animated gif's have to be linked?

In any case, it works perfectly when I view it on my computer but when I
email the ppt or pps with or without the gif file in the same folder, I can
NOT get the inserted "picture" gif to work on another's computer - I have
tried inserting the gif as a movie, object, etc. - I also tried the
PFCmedia.com fix which seems to try to embed things but it would not let me
even insert a gif file

thanks for any help you can give!

 

[Tom S]

- yes they do see the gif's initial screen but no animation
- yes they see all of the other slides in the slide show
- the animation can be viewed perfectly in an IE window
- I tried PFCMedia again and it hung a few times but on one pass it failed
after finding "digital rights management" in the file; that led me to wonder
if some file property conflict is keeping PP from wanting to share the file?
Played around with that but if I look at the gif file properties I only see a
few things like horiz and vertical resolution, number of frames, etc - NOT
the variety of properties that one has on an inserted movie - any ideas on
properties?
- I would love to embed this file
- any other ideas?
Steve, Thank you very much ~ Tom Sullivan

 

[Tom S]

Thank you very much, Steve - I did go back to Sonia's site and do believe
there is a gif problem with PPT2003 which my clients apparently use. I
downloaded the GIF construction set to play with the loop flag and iteration
count settings - looks like it might be impossible to get all of PPT2000,
2002, 2003 and IE to all behave the same for a given combination of settings!
Thanks, again, for hanging in there with me! Tom