Animated GIF files: Maximum size? in PowerPoint General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   PowerPoint     PowerPoint General Questions              Petirrojo 1/3/2006 9:05 AM PST   Question   I've got a few animated GIF files that I'd like to use in a PPT show (using version 2002), however, when placed in the file, the GIFs run (as intended) up to a certain point, then stop and disappear. Surely this is not normal? Any recommendations? The original files were created in Flash and I can create an AVI file (looks really awful), or SWFs and MOVs which I can't seem to import into the PPT file. Any thoughts?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Echo S 1/3/2006 9:47 AM PST   Answer   That's a new one. For instrux on inserting a SWF into PPT, check http://www.flashgeek.com -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "Petirrojo" <Petirrojo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4C56E57C-0B41-4F25-BB22-64A55CBBE683@microsoft.com... > I've got a few animated GIF files that I'd like to use in a PPT show > (using > version 2002), however, when placed in the file, the GIFs run (as > intended) > up to a certain point, then stop and disappear. Surely this is not normal? > > Any recommendations? The original files were created in Flash and I can > create an AVI file (looks really awful), or SWFs and MOVs which I can't > seem > to import into the PPT file. Any thoughts?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           qualia2 7/1/2009 3:07 AM PST   Hello. Over three years later, but selfsame problem. Did you get your question answered? Is there a maximum size for GIFs? I know the one I'm having trouble with is rather sizeable... "Petirrojo" wrote: > I've got a few animated GIF files that I'd like to use in a PPT show (using > version 2002), however, when placed in the file, the GIFs run (as intended) > up to a certain point, then stop and disappear. Surely this is not normal? > > Any recommendations? The original files were created in Flash and I can > create an AVI file (looks really awful), or SWFs and MOVs which I can't seem > to import into the PPT file. Any thoughts?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Glen Millar  7/1/2009 4:05 AM PST   Hi, There is no maximum size limit I know of. However, that was a problem in earlier versions of 2002 that saw an animated gif run once, instead of looping (mis-reading information in the file header). It was, as far as I know, fixed in a later service pack. -- Regards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at the original www.pptworkbench.com glen at pptworkbench dot com See you at PowerPoint Live? www.pptlive.com ------------------------------------------ "qualia2" <qualia2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FC2CEB6D-35F6-4685-AF67-80B21516CB6E@microsoft.com... > Hello. Over three years later, but selfsame problem. Did you get your > question answered? Is there a maximum size for GIFs? I know the one I'm > having trouble with is rather sizeable... > > "Petirrojo" wrote: > >> I've got a few animated GIF files that I'd like to use in a PPT show >> (using >> version 2002), however, when placed in the file, the GIFs run (as >> intended) >> up to a certain point, then stop and disappear. Surely this is not >> normal? >> >> Any recommendations? The original files were created in Flash and I can >> create an AVI file (looks really awful), or SWFs and MOVs which I can't >> seem >> to import into the PPT file. Any thoughts?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies