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Animated GIFs Are Not Displayed in Print Preview or on the Printed Page

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This article was previously published under Q257016

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Symptoms

When you view an animated GIF file using the preview option in Internet Explorer, the GIF is not displayed in the preview or on the printed page.

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Cause

This behavior can occur if the GIF file has a blank image as its first frame.

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Status

This behavior is by design.

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More information

If the first frame of the GIF file is blank, the image that is captured and printed is the blank image.

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Keywords: KB257016, kbprint, kbprb, kbgraphic

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Article Info
Article ID : 257016
Revision : 3
Created on : 1/27/2007
Published on : 1/27/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 238