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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 |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz
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. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] --------------http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues:http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize RibbonCustomizer Add-In:http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer OneNote 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog:http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "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. |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm
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. |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm
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. |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm
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... |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm
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... |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm
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... |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz comm
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 |
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If you miss gif support in Microsoft Office 2007 Outlook, plz
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 |
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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 |
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