Animated GIF's in Outlook 2007

[Chuck]

My workstation at work just got upgraded from Outlook 2003 to 2007 and I
noticed that animated gif's no longer animate. How can I enable that? I
not only want to seem them animating but when I send one to a coworker I
want to make sure they animate correctly when they view them too.

TIA

 

[enternewid]

Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't really need to see
animated gifs. MS can put all kinds for filters for all other kinds of email
and picture displays, but some deckhead on the development team decided to
make it hard to view animated gifs. They should have a pop up that tells you
there is an animated gif and let's you decide if you want to view it by
clicking a button (or bar). Just like everything else that is blocked by
Outlook and IE.

But in answer to your question, open the email, then under the Message
tab/Other actions, click view in Browser. This will open the email in your
browser and the gif should animate.

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't really need

to see animated gifs. MS can put all kinds for filters for all other
kinds of email and picture displays, but some deckhead on the
development team decided to make it hard to view animated gifs. They
should have a pop up that tells you there is an animated gif and let's
you decide if you want to view it by clicking a button (or bar). Just
like everything else that is blocked by Outlook and IE.

Just to be pedantic...

"Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't really need to
see animated gifs"

does not jibe with

"They should have a pop up that tells you there is an animated gif and let's
you decide if you want to view it by clicking a button (or bar). Just like
everything else that is blocked by Outlook and IE."

I mean, if the arrogance was usual, then you wouldn't be able to see anything
that's blocked in Outlook or IE.

Might it be a questionable decision? Sure. I can see how it's a questionable
decision.

Does that make your comment any more correct? Nope.

=)

 

[winston]

Hi,

Please help if you know what else I can do to the following issue:

 

[Peter Foldes]

Be happy that it is blocked. It was a big security issue

 

[winston]

NOT HAPPY! Only if there is a solution to solve the issue! Will be happy to
go back to outlook 2003! Frankly, Outlook 2007 not only much slower, there
its to me a downgrade! Half the time it makes the hard disk work....

 

[Glen Roberts]

Peter,

Animated GIFs are a MASSIVE security hole. Once this security hole was
discovered a number of years ago, MOST software manufacturers removed the
ability to view animated GIFs.

If you *REALLY* want to view animated GIFs, then install an old version of a
picture viewer program like ACDSee... which have not been secured and
probably (and unfortunately) will still view animated GIFs.

Please be happy that your PC has one less security hole in it!!

Cheers, Glen

 

[Chuck]

What security risk do animated GIF's present. All they are is a picture
file. It doesn't execute any code. Just loops on the same embedded images.

If it's a security risk then why is it still enabled in MS Picture
Viewer, MS IE 7, and pretty much every other web browser.

 

[BeachBum]

Right you are, Chuck! And if it was really a security issue, why would they
have 'View eMail in browser' designed in?

Outlook 2007 uses the rendering engine of Word 2007. As it is now, Word 2007
does not support animated gifs. Only the first frame of the animated image
will be displayed.

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2498/support-for-animated-gifs-in-h/

A raise in price and reduction of features just another example of a
maturing monopoly. Ever try to send/receive a fax from Vista? It's been a
standard in all of the windows releases until Vista. Don't bother now though,
unless you have Vista Ultimate. I'm sure this isn't the end of it, either
Watch for less to come....

 

[Gordon]

Right you are, Chuck! And if it was really a security issue, why would
they
have 'View eMail in browser' designed in?

Because the Browser (ie Internet Explorer 7) is more secure than the
integral Outlook web access...

 

[BeachBum]

Outlook 2007’s not supporting animated gif’s wasn’t really a security issue,
animated gif's do not contain executable code. The Office 2007 development
team took out the IE-based rendering engine that Outlook has always used for
email, and replaced it with the very weak Microsoft Word which has never
supported animated gif’s. Instead of taking advantage of Internet Explorer 7,
Outlook 2007 uses the very limited support for HTML and CSS that is built
into Word 2007 to display HTML email messages.

You can `Open' the email and select `Other Actions' and 'View in Browser',
to look at the animated gif's, but that's cumbersome and seems a big step
backward in technology and convenience.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Fax through the phone line? How quaint. The level of usage for fax
wasn't very high to begin with and is dropping as more and more computers
ship without modems. (None of my desktops and servers have fax modems and
all were purchased within the last 4 yrs. 2 really old desktops have voice
modems. I think my tablet pc has a voice-only modem but I never installed
the modem drivers after a reformat a yr ago so I can't be sure.)

All of our faxing is via an internet fax service and we get the docs emailed
to us. Several clients skip the fax and email pdf's or tiff's.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
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[Peter Foldes]

Diane

To whom and to what are you answering to. I only see discussion and posts about
animated gifs. Where did the Fax issue come in play from

--
Peter

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Fax through the phone line? How quaint. The level of usage for fax wasn't very
high to begin with and is dropping as more and more computers ship without modems.
(None of my desktops and servers have fax modems and all were purchased within the
last 4 yrs. 2 really old desktops have voice modems. I think my tablet pc has a
voice-only modem but I never installed the modem drivers after a reformat a yr ago
so I can't be sure.)

All of our faxing is via an internet fax service and we get the docs emailed to
us. Several clients skip the fax and email pdf's or tiff's.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Right you are, Chuck! And if it was really a security issue, why would they
have 'View eMail in browser' designed in?

Outlook 2007 uses the rendering engine of Word 2007. As it is now, Word 2007
does not support animated gifs. Only the first frame of the animated image
will be displayed.

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2498/support-for-animated-gifs-in-h/

A raise in price and reduction of features just another example of a
maturing monopoly. Ever try to send/receive a fax from Vista? It's been a
standard in all of the windows releases until Vista. Don't bother now though,
unless you have Vista Ultimate. I'm sure this isn't the end of it, either
Watch for less to come....

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

beachbum said:

Sometimes there is a good reason for a change in features. Many people
don't need fax in the OS or ani gifs in email.

If you insist on sending ani gifs, see tech embarrassment #5 and choose
wisely:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08...rassments_youll_want_to_avoid-PC_World_2.html


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Diane

To whom and to what are you answering to. I only see discussion and posts
about animated gifs. Where did the Fax issue come in play from

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

Fax through the phone line? How quaint. The level of usage for fax
wasn't very high to begin with and is dropping as more and more computers
ship without modems. (None of my desktops and servers have fax modems and
all were purchased within the last 4 yrs. 2 really old desktops have
voice modems. I think my tablet pc has a voice-only modem but I never
installed the modem drivers after a reformat a yr ago so I can't be
sure.)

All of our faxing is via an internet fax service and we get the docs
emailed to us. Several clients skip the fax and email pdf's or tiff's.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Right you are, Chuck! And if it was really a security issue, why would
they
have 'View eMail in browser' designed in?

Outlook 2007 uses the rendering engine of Word 2007. As it is now, Word
2007
does not support animated gifs. Only the first frame of the animated
image
will be displayed.

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2498/support-for-animated-gifs-in-h/

A raise in price and reduction of features just another example of a
maturing monopoly. Ever try to send/receive a fax from Vista? It's been
a
standard in all of the windows releases until Vista. Don't bother now
though,
unless you have Vista Ultimate. I'm sure this isn't the end of it,
either
Watch for less to come....



:

What security risk do animated GIF's present. All they are is a picture
file. It doesn't execute any code. Just loops on the same embedded
images.

If it's a security risk then why is it still enabled in MS Picture
Viewer, MS IE 7, and pretty much every other web browser.


Glen Roberts wrote:
Peter,

Animated GIFs are a MASSIVE security hole. Once this security hole
was
discovered a number of years ago, MOST software manufacturers removed
the ability to view animated GIFs.

If you *REALLY* want to view animated GIFs, then install an old
version
of a picture viewer program like ACDSee... which have not been
secured
and probably (and unfortunately) will still view animated GIFs.

Please be happy that your PC has one less security hole in it!!

Cheers, Glen

Be happy that it is blocked. It was a big security issue

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be
acknowledged.

Hi,

Please help if you know what else I can do to the following
issue:

Hi Mary,

Thanks for the advise however it still doesn't work. Do you know
how I >> can
dowgrade the outlook back to 2003?

thanks for the advise
Winston

:

Clear your Internet cache, see if that is the solution. If the
cache >>> is full
you
cannot open some files.
In Internet Explorer, tools, Internet Options, delete, delete
files.

-- >>> Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

Hi,

It's dead again! I have did as instructed " Right-click a
HTML
file,
properties, opens with....change, select Internet Explorer. "
and >>> > it works
for the first time and suddenly it's not working again this

morning. Retry
the same routine but This time the procedure has no effect!

What else can I do? Why is it happening so offen?what is the
issue? >>> > What
cause this on the outlook 2007.

I am about to give up hope on outlook 2007, pls advise how
can
I >>> > switch
back
to outlook 2003?

regards
Winston


:

Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express? Do you have HTML
mail >>> >> enabled?
Right-click a HTML file, properties, opens with....change,
select >>> >> Internet
Explorer.
-- >>> >> Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

message
Does anyone knows why the " view in browser" button stop

working? I was
using
it ok but one morning it stop working and I no longer able
to >>> >> > view mail
on
the browser. Where is the setting to enable it again?

desperate, hopeless....



:

Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't
really >> > need
to see animated gifs. MS can put all kinds for filters for
all
other
kinds of email and picture displays, but some deckhead on the
development team decided to make it hard to view animated
gifs.
They
should have a pop up that tells you there is an animated gif
and
let's
you decide if you want to view it by clicking a button (or
bar).
Just
like everything else that is blocked by Outlook and IE.

Just to be pedantic...

"Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't
really
need to
see animated gifs"

does not jibe with

"They should have a pop up that tells you there is an animated
gif
and >> let's
you decide if you want to view it by clicking a button (or bar).
Just >> like
everything else that is blocked by Outlook and IE."

I mean, if the arrogance was usual, then you wouldn't be able to
see >> anything
that's blocked in Outlook or IE.

Might it be a questionable decision? Sure. I can see how it's
a
questionable
decision.

Does that make your comment any more correct? Nope.

=)

-- >> f.h.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

....and a whole lot of people still DO need fax in the OS, so it's an ongoing
issue. The folks who have the most need for it are the folks with Home
versions who don't have it. Folks with Business and Ultimate versions
usually have some other method available to them, I.E. Internet Fax, a
Shared Fax Server, etc. and need it the least. For me, the proof of this is
the thank you letters I've gotten from third party fax vendors for
mentioning their products to folks here in the newsgroups who need and don't
have Windows Fax and Scan because they didn't read the fine print when they
bought Home or Basic.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

beachbum said:

Sometimes there is a good reason for a change in features. Many people
don't need fax in the OS or ani gifs in email.

If you insist on sending ani gifs, see tech embarrassment #5 and choose
wisely:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08...rassments_youll_want_to_avoid-PC_World_2.html


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Diane

To whom and to what are you answering to. I only see discussion and posts
about animated gifs. Where did the Fax issue come in play from

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

Fax through the phone line? How quaint. The level of usage for fax
wasn't very high to begin with and is dropping as more and more
computers ship without modems. (None of my desktops and servers have fax
modems and all were purchased within the last 4 yrs. 2 really old
desktops have voice modems. I think my tablet pc has a voice-only modem
but I never installed the modem drivers after a reformat a yr ago so I
can't be sure.)

All of our faxing is via an internet fax service and we get the docs
emailed to us. Several clients skip the fax and email pdf's or tiff's.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Right you are, Chuck! And if it was really a security issue, why would
they
have 'View eMail in browser' designed in?

Outlook 2007 uses the rendering engine of Word 2007. As it is now, Word
2007
does not support animated gifs. Only the first frame of the animated
image
will be displayed.

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2498/support-for-animated-gifs-in-h/

A raise in price and reduction of features just another example of a
maturing monopoly. Ever try to send/receive a fax from Vista? It's been
a
standard in all of the windows releases until Vista. Don't bother now
though,
unless you have Vista Ultimate. I'm sure this isn't the end of it,
either
Watch for less to come....



:

What security risk do animated GIF's present. All they are is a
picture
file. It doesn't execute any code. Just loops on the same embedded
images.

If it's a security risk then why is it still enabled in MS Picture
Viewer, MS IE 7, and pretty much every other web browser.


Glen Roberts wrote:
Peter,

Animated GIFs are a MASSIVE security hole. Once this security hole
was
discovered a number of years ago, MOST software manufacturers
removed
the ability to view animated GIFs.

If you *REALLY* want to view animated GIFs, then install an old
version
of a picture viewer program like ACDSee... which have not been
secured
and probably (and unfortunately) will still view animated GIFs.

Please be happy that your PC has one less security hole in it!!

Cheers, Glen

Be happy that it is blocked. It was a big security issue

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be
acknowledged.

Hi,

Please help if you know what else I can do to the following
issue:

Hi Mary,

Thanks for the advise however it still doesn't work. Do you
know
how I >> can
dowgrade the outlook back to 2003?

thanks for the advise
Winston

:

Clear your Internet cache, see if that is the solution. If the
cache >>> is full
you
cannot open some files.
In Internet Explorer, tools, Internet Options, delete, delete
files.

-- >>> Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

Hi,

It's dead again! I have did as instructed " Right-click a
HTML
file,
properties, opens with....change, select Internet Explorer.
"
and >>> > it works
for the first time and suddenly it's not working again this

morning. Retry
the same routine but This time the procedure has no effect!

What else can I do? Why is it happening so offen?what is the
issue? >>> > What
cause this on the outlook 2007.

I am about to give up hope on outlook 2007, pls advise how
can
I >>> > switch
back
to outlook 2003?

regards
Winston


:

Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express? Do you have HTML
mail >>> >> enabled?
Right-click a HTML file, properties, opens with....change,
select >>> >> Internet
Explorer.
-- >>> >> Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

message
Does anyone knows why the " view in browser" button stop

working? I was
using
it ok but one morning it stop working and I no longer
able
to >>> >> > view mail
on
the browser. Where is the setting to enable it again?

desperate, hopeless....



:

Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't
really >> > need
to see animated gifs. MS can put all kinds for filters for
all
other
kinds of email and picture displays, but some deckhead on the
development team decided to make it hard to view animated
gifs.
They
should have a pop up that tells you there is an animated gif
and
let's
you decide if you want to view it by clicking a button (or
bar).
Just
like everything else that is blocked by Outlook and IE.

Just to be pedantic...

"Microsoft in all its usual arrogance has decided you don't
really
need to
see animated gifs"

does not jibe with

"They should have a pop up that tells you there is an animated
gif
and >> let's
you decide if you want to view it by clicking a button (or
bar).
Just >> like
everything else that is blocked by Outlook and IE."

I mean, if the arrogance was usual, then you wouldn't be able
to
see >> anything
that's blocked in Outlook or IE.

Might it be a questionable decision? Sure. I can see how it's
a
questionable
decision.

Does that make your comment any more correct? Nope.

=)

-- >> f.h.