If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm

I miss the gif support so very much i only got the trial version but dont
think i will buy it now i love animation to much to go without it pity as i
love the new interface of 2007 why could they just give a option when they
were programing it back to 2003 for me
"cheryl" wrote:

Microsoft no longer supports the anmation file format "GIF" in their new
Office Suite. I have noticed it doesn't function in Outlook and I expect it
won't function in Word either.

It was explained to me the Microsoft Office 2007 was designed with the
business user in mind and this group suggested the functionality of "GIF's"
and I am guessing "SWF's" and similar files be disabled.

I submitted that Dell, Gateway and other manufacturers of hardware promote
Microsoft Office as suite of choice and therefore it is in many homes across
the world.

With all this in mind, if you would wish to see Gif's, Swf's and other HTML
file formats supported in Word and Outlook, please tell Microsoft. Reply to
this thread, post incident reports, or begin your own thread.

Thank you for your support.

Cheryl

Microsoft's MVP response to my initial query as to why GIF's were not
animated in the 2007 version of Office....

Why? Two reasons: security and simplicity. Microsoft has shifted the
rendering engine for Outlook mail messages from Internet Explorer to Word, a
decision likely to please security-conscious administrators and users
everywhere. Consolidating the rendering of all formats of Outlook messages
into one engine, Word, greatly improves both general support for the mail
editor/reader and extensibility. As part of that process, decisions had to be
made on what level of HTML support to provide, given the resources available
in the Office 2007 product development cycle. More consistent CSS support
made the cut; animated GIFs apparently didn't, perhaps because of technical
limitations related to the use of Word as the rendering engine rather than IE.

You can make a suggestion via this community forums web site that Microsoft
restore animated GIF support in a future update for Outlook 2007. Or, you can
file a formal support incident with Microsoft. Either way, I would not expect
this decision to change unless there is a vast groundswell of opinion from
Microsoft customers. Animated GIFs seem relatively low on the list of
features that most users want to see in Outlook. I personally will not miss
them at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

I'll miss GIFs, I have some pretty cool ones for my signatures. I
realize that Microsoft is on a security jihad and GIFs aren't that
important for business users but it did add some richness to email.

On Dec 22 2006, 4:30 am, "Patrick Schmid [MVP]"
wrote:
It's really not that simple. Outlook used to use Internet Explorer to
render those animated GIFs. In 2007, it doesn't use IE anymore, but a
different engine (one from Word). So it is not about MS having removed a
feature, it is about MS having switched to a different rendering engine
that never had this feature. So you are not talking about simply putting
a feature back, but you are talking about implementing a new feature.

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"NES" wrote in :

I'm sorry, Sue. Perhaps I'm incorrect. But I recall using Outlook when I
worked at a local college in 2004, and I created e-mail with animated GIFs
that worked when I sent them to others as well as those I sent to myself to
test them.

If the functionality is no longer there, then I'm assuming it was removed.
My previous message was in regard to MS having removed it rather than giving
us the option to use it. Therefore including it in the options window would
be easy. Sorry for the lack of clarity in my message.
--
Norm Shimmel
Butler, PA

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The option to view animation could surely have been included in the TOOLS |
OPTIONS | VIEW window

Providing such an option would do no good if the capability of rendering animations weren't already in the rendering engine. Adding that kind of functionality is not a trivial programming task.

Outlook 2007 users who want to see animations still have the option of viewing the email messages in their browsers.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"NES" wrote in ...
I too am disapointed in the lack of GIF support in Word. I grow weary of the
weight given to "business concerns" in a world in which mere people and their
requirements (requests) are given short shrift by businesses as well as
government.

The option to view animation could surely have been included in the TOOLS |
OPTIONS | VIEW window along with the plethora of other options offered. As to
security, I suspect that it is the least of the multitude of pathways into
the inner workings of the personal computer -- but surely no greater threat.

"Resources available" is a catchall phrase meaning money, people, knowledge,
and willingness. I agree that this is a step backward in usefulness for
Outlook. I opted out of Outlook Express due to the frequent frustration I had
with it, and its limited abilities. The term "business requirements" is
being interpreted in a limited way. I know of several businesses that
interpret that term as meaing "what would we use a computer for?".
Thankfully that is not the generally accepted idea either.

Perhaps the powers that be should consider that the same home computer that
is used for business communication is also often used to send personal
communications such as animated Christmas and other holiday cards to families
with children and child-like adults (like myself) G.

I really can appreciate the concerns and implementations toward better
business functionalities etc., however.........what happened to the matter of
having the CHOICE? Give the User, Corporation, or whoever to set their own
"Do's and Don't" options regarding such matters of security, frivolousness
etc. be it Outlook, Outlook Express or ANY other program. It's allllll in
the programming, and it CAN be done!

Many folk use the same app's between work and home, thus I may not desire or
be permitted to use animation at the work place, that doesn't mean I don't
desire the option at home.

I am one who is VERY frustrated at the last couple versions of MSO.

History says otherwise. Users had boundless choice in 1999, when Melissa, LOVE, and other viruses hit. Microsoft got blamed because its email applications weren't secure enough, not because users were too stupid to know that they shouldn't run unsolicited .exe files. The company is unlikely to let that happen again.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"AngelT" wrote in message ...
I really can appreciate the concerns and implementations toward better
business functionalities etc., however.........what happened to the matter of
having the CHOICE? Give the User, Corporation, or whoever to set their own
"Do's and Don't" options regarding such matters of security, frivolousness
etc. be it Outlook, Outlook Express or ANY other program. It's allllll in
the programming, and it CAN be done!

Many folk use the same app's between work and home, thus I may not desire or
be permitted to use animation at the work place, that doesn't mean I don't
desire the option at home.

I am one who is VERY frustrated at the last couple versions of MSO.

Hi Sue,

Outlook 2007 users who want to see animations still have the option of viewing the email messages in their browsers.

How can I view a eMail in Outlook 2007 in my Browser? I didn't find
this option...

On 30 Jan., 20:22, "Gruupy" wrote:
Hi Sue,

Outlook2007 users who want to see animations still have the option of viewing the email messages in their browsers.

How can I view a eMail inOutlook2007 in my Browser? I didn't find
this option...

Hi Sue - I recall my question - I found it...

It's surely not nice, if you're accustomed to see animated gif's to
miss it in Outlook 2007. But think, it was a good thing to change the
rendering engine. And the Option to see a message in IE is absolutely
enough I think...

good job...

Open the message. Click Other Actions, then View in Browser.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Gruupy" wrote in message ups.com...
Hi Sue,

Outlook 2007 users who want to see animations still have the option of viewing the email messages in their browsers.

How can I view a eMail in Outlook 2007 in my Browser? I didn't find
this option...

I too miss animated .GIF in Outlook 2007, and fortunately, am using a trial
version. I have asked MS outside this community how to revert to Outlook
2003 as an animated GIF is integral to my signature--I want it to be there
when the mail is opened and read, not have to force the reader to use their
browser to view it. It's a good thing it's notincluded in the
teacher/student version of Office 2007. Thanks for beginning this thread.
John Mount

"cheryl" wrote:

Microsoft no longer supports the anmation file format "GIF" in their new
Office Suite. I have noticed it doesn't function in Outlook and I expect it
won't function in Word either.

It was explained to me the Microsoft Office 2007 was designed with the
business user in mind and this group suggested the functionality of "GIF's"
and I am guessing "SWF's" and similar files be disabled.

I submitted that Dell, Gateway and other manufacturers of hardware promote
Microsoft Office as suite of choice and therefore it is in many homes across
the world.

With all this in mind, if you would wish to see Gif's, Swf's and other HTML
file formats supported in Word and Outlook, please tell Microsoft. Reply to
this thread, post incident reports, or begin your own thread.

Thank you for your support.

Cheryl

Microsoft's MVP response to my initial query as to why GIF's were not
animated in the 2007 version of Office....

Why? Two reasons: security and simplicity. Microsoft has shifted the
rendering engine for Outlook mail messages from Internet Explorer to Word, a
decision likely to please security-conscious administrators and users
everywhere. Consolidating the rendering of all formats of Outlook messages
into one engine, Word, greatly improves both general support for the mail
editor/reader and extensibility. As part of that process, decisions had to be
made on what level of HTML support to provide, given the resources available
in the Office 2007 product development cycle. More consistent CSS support
made the cut; animated GIFs apparently didn't, perhaps because of technical
limitations related to the use of Word as the rendering engine rather than IE.

You can make a suggestion via this community forums web site that Microsoft
restore animated GIF support in a future update for Outlook 2007. Or, you can
file a formal support incident with Microsoft. Either way, I would not expect
this decision to change unless there is a vast groundswell of opinion from
Microsoft customers. Animated GIFs seem relatively low on the list of
features that most users want to see in Outlook. I personally will not miss
them at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

I agree completely with NES. I feel Microsoft could have given the 'owner'
(personal or business) the option of using gifs if they want. It is my
choice to use it or not use it. If I purchase my own (not business) very
expensive program, I should have the right to insert animations if I desire.
When I look at the numerous versions of this 2007 Office Program I find it
hard to believe a little "on or off" button for the owner is not possible.

Josanne

"NES" wrote:

I too am disapointed in the lack of GIF support in Word. I grow weary of the
weight given to "business concerns" in a world in which mere people and their
requirements (requests) are given short shrift by businesses as well as
government.

The option to view animation could surely have been included in the TOOLS |
OPTIONS | VIEW window along with the plethora of other options offered. As to
security, I suspect that it is the least of the multitude of pathways into
the inner workings of the personal computer -- but surely no greater threat.

"Resources available" is a catchall phrase meaning money, people, knowledge,
and willingness. I agree that this is a step backward in usefulness for
Outlook. I opted out of Outlook Express due to the frequent frustration I had
with it, and its limited abilities. The term "business requirements" is
being interpreted in a limited way. I know of several businesses that
interpret that term as meaing "what would we use a computer for?".
Thankfully that is not the generally accepted idea either.

Perhaps the powers that be should consider that the same home computer that
is used for business communication is also often used to send personal
communications such as animated Christmas and other holiday cards to families
with children and child-like adults (like myself) G.

--
Norm Shimmel
Butler, PA


"cheryl" wrote:

Microsoft no longer supports the anmation file format "GIF" in their new
Office Suite. I have noticed it doesn't function in Outlook and I expect it
won't function in Word either.

It was explained to me the Microsoft Office 2007 was designed with the
business user in mind and this group suggested the functionality of "GIF's"
and I am guessing "SWF's" and similar files be disabled.

I submitted that Dell, Gateway and other manufacturers of hardware promote
Microsoft Office as suite of choice and therefore it is in many homes across
the world.

With all this in mind, if you would wish to see Gif's, Swf's and other HTML
file formats supported in Word and Outlook, please tell Microsoft. Reply to
this thread, post incident reports, or begin your own thread.

Thank you for your support.

Cheryl

Microsoft's MVP response to my initial query as to why GIF's were not
animated in the 2007 version of Office....

Why? Two reasons: security and simplicity. Microsoft has shifted the
rendering engine for Outlook mail messages from Internet Explorer to Word, a
decision likely to please security-conscious administrators and users
everywhere. Consolidating the rendering of all formats of Outlook messages
into one engine, Word, greatly improves both general support for the mail
editor/reader and extensibility. As part of that process, decisions had to be
made on what level of HTML support to provide, given the resources available
in the Office 2007 product development cycle. More consistent CSS support
made the cut; animated GIFs apparently didn't, perhaps because of technical
limitations related to the use of Word as the rendering engine rather than IE.

You can make a suggestion via this community forums web site that Microsoft
restore animated GIF support in a future update for Outlook 2007. Or, you can
file a formal support incident with Microsoft. Either way, I would not expect
this decision to change unless there is a vast groundswell of opinion from
Microsoft customers. Animated GIFs seem relatively low on the list of
features that most users want to see in Outlook. I personally will not miss
them at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

JMM wrote:

I agree completely with NES. I feel Microsoft could have given the
'owner' (personal or business) the option of using gifs if they want.

The gif file format is a proprietary format. (See
http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html) Perhaps Microsoft
simply wants to avoid any encumbrances using it might entail.
--
Brian Tillman