gif files in excel

[StephZip]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

When I drag gif files into an excel spreadsheet, they turn into movies... any idea why? They are corrupting my documents...

 

[CyberTaz]

Primarily because dragging any kind of image into any kind of document is
one of the most blatantly irresponsible "techniques" ever introduced - Mac
or PC It completely bypasses the receiving app's graphic import filters
& forces the app to "guess" at what's being dumped into its file structure.

In this case it's probably getting hug up on GIF's ability to support
animation & that's causing Excel to choke - animation isn't supported in
Excel files.

Try using Insert> Picture> From File instead of the "drag & hope" method.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac