Why don't the animated gifs animate in my emails in MS Outlook?

[KCB]

Is there something I can change or add in MS Office Outlook so when I receive
an animated gif in an email, it animates?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You can open it in the browser - open the message and in outlook 2007, other
actions button, view in browser. in older versions, look on the view menu.

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[KCB]

I have one computer with Vista & Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 on and it does
not animate and I have have a second computer with XP & Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003 and it does animate. What changed and is there some way I add
something to my newer computer so it displays the animated gifs automatically?

You can open it in the browser - open the message and in outlook 2007, other
actions button, view in browser. in older versions, look on the view menu.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Is there something I can change or add in MS Office Outlook so when I
receive
an animated gif in an email, it animates?

 

[Gordon]

I have one computer with Vista & Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 on and it
does
not animate and I have have a second computer with XP & Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003 and it does animate. What changed and is there some way I
add
something to my newer computer so it displays the animated gifs
automatically?

Nope - Outlook 2007 does NOT do animations. Period. Thank goodness...

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

What changed

The version of Outlook. Microsoft removed animation support from Outlook
2007 for security reasons.

and is there some way I add
something to my newer computer so it displays the animated gifs
automatically?

Don't use Outlook 2007. Use something less secure.

 

[Duncan McC]

The version of Outlook. Microsoft removed animation support from Outlook
2007 for security reasons.


Don't use Outlook 2007. Use something less secure.

How can an animated gif be insecure - or less secure than a non-animated
one - just wondering.

 

[mendy07]

Maybe thank goodness for you but some of us appreciate the feature. It should
be a personal setting.

I don't need the ham handeded propeller heads at MSoft (or you) making that
decision for me

 

[mendy07]

Gee, not using Email or the internet would be even more secure. Why not
disable that to really increase security

 

[Tom Willett]

Why not quit using Outlook and do something else? Someone holding a gun to
your head, smart*ss?

: Maybe thank goodness for you but some of us appreciate the feature. It
should
: be a personal setting.
:
: I don't need the ham handeded propeller heads at MSoft (or you) making
that
: decision for me
:
: "Gordon" wrote:
:
: > : > >I have one computer with Vista & Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 on and
it
: > >does
: > > not animate and I have have a second computer with XP & Microsoft
Office
: > > Outlook 2003 and it does animate. What changed and is there some way
I
: > > add
: > > something to my newer computer so it displays the animated gifs
: > > automatically?
: > >
: >
: > Nope - Outlook 2007 does NOT do animations. Period. Thank goodness...
: >
: >