Animated Gifs in Windows Live mail?

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  1. MARGIE
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    Animated Gifs in Windows Live mail?


    HI THERE
    I AM NEW TO THIS TYPE OF HELP AND NEW TO WINDOWS7 WHAT I AM FINDING IS IT IS HARD TO GET SUPPORT FROM ANYONE OR TO CONTACT MICROSOFT I RANG THEM BUT NONE OF THE OPTIONS THEY OFFERED ME SUITED MY PROBLEM, ANYWAY THIS IS MY PROBLEM I AM USING WINDOWS LIVE MAIL, WHEN I TRY TO PUT A GIF FILE INTO THE BODY OF MY EMAIL IT DOES NOT SHOW THE ANIMATION, COULD ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I AM DOING WRONG I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AT ALL IN WINDOWS MAIL BUT THIS ONE LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED I THINK IF IT AINT BROKE WHY FIX IT ANYWAY HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME THANKS
    MARGIE....................
    PS I AM JUST AN AVERAGE COMPUTER LITERATE PERSON AM FINDING IT HARDER WITH EACH NEW OS PROBABLY AGE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT SO PLEASE BE PATIENT
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  3. marsmimar
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    Hi Margie and welcome.

    It's my understanding that animations no longer appear when composing an email but will appear when they are received. You could check this out by sending an email to yourself.
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  4. roncerr
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    After unsticking your caps lock key, you might check the options for sending mail and make sure it's set to send in html rather than text.
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  6. MARGIE
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    Thank you marsimar I have tried sending myself an email with my gif file inserted but the animation does not appear. I love doing my emails but I am really getting frustrated with Windows Live mail. I have sorted most things out this is the only thing I am still having problems with. 'Many thanks
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  7. MARGIE
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    margie


    roncerr said:
    After unsticking your caps lock key, you might check the options for sending mail and make sure it's set to send in html rather than text.
    I have html checked thanks
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  8. marsmimar
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    Did some more research and found this website. Couldn't try out the instructions because I don't use WLM.

    Windows Live Mail Animated gif - Tech Support Forum
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  10. iseeuu
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    Welcome MARGIE!

    I also have difficulty with small print on some web pages. I use the FireFox Web Browser which allows me to make just the text larger and easier to read:

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    Cheers!
    Robert
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  11. MARGIE
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    margie


    marsmimar said:
    Did some more research and found this website. Couldn't try out the instructions because I don't use WLM.

    Windows Live Mail Animated gif - Tech Support Forum
    thanks i will try that link
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  12. baarod
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    MARGIE said:
    Thank you marsimar I have tried sending myself an email with my gif file inserted but the animation does not appear. I love doing my emails but I am really getting frustrated with Windows Live mail. I have sorted most things out this is the only thing I am still having problems with. 'Many thanks
    GIF animation is not a function of email in the least bit. Likely, a sizable portion of your email recipients miss either the animation or the GIF entirely depending on the software they use to read your message. If you want to show someone an animated GIF file, upload it to drop.io (Simple private real-time sharing and collaboration by drop.io) and link to it as well as inlining it. Inline HTML mail attachments are not universally supported and as such many of your recipients are probably missing the joke and think you're daft.
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  13. MARGIE
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    MARGIE said:
    marsmimar said:
    Did some more research and found this website. Couldn't try out the instructions because I don't use WLM.

    Windows Live Mail Animated gif - Tech Support Forum
    thanks i will try that link
    i have done what you said in that link and i am so happy thank you a thousand times over your help was greatly appreciated i have printed off the instructions till i get used to doing it
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