Animated Gif Outlook

Outlook uses ms word html engine to render render messages which is at the root of the issue.

Animated gif outlook. 1 in the mail view create a new email with clicking home new e mail. 2 in the new message window please place the cursor in the message body where you will insert the animated gif image and click insert pictures see screenshot. In outlook there are two ways to insert an animated gif in outlook. I carried out this process in the outlook 2016 desktop app.

Outlook 2007 outlook 2010 outlook 2013 outlook 2016 and outlook 2019. That is until now. Adding a gif in outlook to your email signature or email body is a pretty easy process note. You can also make your own gif from a video using giphy here.

2 the giphy addin for outlook desktop is a search tool to insert curated animated gifs into a message but that doesn t mean it will display as an animated gif within outlook desktop either yours or any recipient using outlook. Since 2007 outlook began to use microsoft word as it s text editor word cannot read html elements in your emails meaning that all gifs you include as you write an email or gifs received in an email from someone else will display as a still image of the first frame of that gif. If you want to see the animation you ll need to open the message in a browser. To do this double click the message to open it in its own window.

Then choose other actions view in browser. Actually you can insert an animated gif image as easy as inserting any normal image in a composing email in outlook. There is no support for animated gif files when composing or reading an email. A favorite of email geeks and subscribers alike animated gifs allow for movement and excitement in an otherwise static medium.

If you are using an office 365 business account you can insert animated gifs into your email messages using the online pictures option. But desktop outlook users have always been left in the dark when it comes to animated gifs. Recipients who use outlook 2007 outlook 2010 outlook 2013 outlook 2016 and even outlook 2019 will still see static images the first frame of the animated gifs. Adding a gif in outlook.