Make your presentations more vivid with 4 simple ways to insert GIFs into PowerPoint

GIF is the world’s most commonly used animation format. Many how to insert GIF into PowerPoint Make your presentation more dynamic. It’s also a way to show your sense of humour, versus just plain text and numbers.

In this post GhienCongListen will guide you 3 how to insert GIF into Powerpoint simple at a glance.

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What is a GIF?

GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, roughly translated as graphic format that changes alternately Just think of a GIF in between an image and a video. It’s like a mini video that can be viewed within seconds. Only difference is no sound and auto repeat.

Here is an example of a GIF image.

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Why should you use GIFs?

First of all it is popular with everyone. Then there are some other reasons outlined below.

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• GIFs can make presentations stand out and more memorable.
• GIF has a compact size so it will not cause your slide to crash.
• GIFs do not take up the viewer’s time, usually just a few seconds short.
• GIFs can capture the viewer’s attention.
• There are many GIFs that are cut from movies, so most of them will be familiar to viewers.

Where to download GIFs?

Giphy is a huge stock of GIFs. All GIFs on Giphy are free. You can also create your own GIFs from images or cuts from videos. You can also add stickers and captions.

Gifs is also a rich source of GIFs. This site has both paid and free GIFs.

How to insert GIFs into PowerPoint

Insert a GIF as an image

This can be done on Office 365 PowerPoint as versions PowerPoint 2010-2016.

You’ll insert a GIF into your presentation as an image. GIF images need to be downloaded first.

• Step 1: Go to the slide you want to insert the GIF on. At that slide, click on the tab Insert and select the icon Picture:

• Step 2: In the window Insert Picturefind and select the GIF you want to use and press OK.

That GIF needs to be in your computer’s storage or cloud storage like OneDrive. In other words, it needs to be saved somewhere your computer can access.

• Step 3: Once you have inserted the GIF image into the slide, you can move and resize it if you want.

The GIF image will not play while you are in this mode. If you want to make it work then you have to use the Slide Show feature.

• Step 4: To play the GIF, click on the tab Slide Show and click on From Current Slide:

That slide will open as a presentation and you’ll see the GIF run.

Insert GIF as a video

This can be applied to PowerPoint 2007.

You will insert a GIF image into PowerPoint like the steps above, but instead of selecting the Picture icon, you must select the Movie icon included in PowerPoint 2007.

• Step 1: Click on the tab Insert then select the icon Movie. You can choose insert option Movie from File or Movie from Clip Organizer:

If you choose Movie from File, you’ll just need to find the video on your device and insert it into the slide. That GIF will run if you’re in Slide Show mode.

Insert GIFs from the internet

If you don’t have a suitable GIF for your presentation, you can look it up online. Sources like GIPHY offer millions of different GIFs for you to choose from.

After you have found a GIF image you like, you can download it to your computer and follow the instructions above. However, if you want to save time, you can use the online GIF finder available in PowerPoint.

• Step 1: Press tab Insertselect the icon Picturethen select Insert Picture From Online Pictures.

• Step 2: Type animated GIF (or something similar) into the search bar and press Enter to start looking.

• Step 3: After you find the GIF you want, click on it and select Insert to insert into the presentation. You can move and resize it as you like.

Creative alternative

Instead of finding a GIF to insert, you can use an image or icon and add animation.

Below GhienCongListen uses the icons available in PowerPoint, but you can use any icon.

• Step 1: Go to tab Insert and icon Icons (beside Shapes).

• Step 2: Select the icon you want in the gallery. You can move the position and change the size of the icon.

• Step 3: Click on the selected icon and go to the Animation tab. In this example we will choose animation Grow/Shrink.

This icon will zoom in and out to make it look like it’s moving.

You can customize the duration and delay along with other animation customizations:

While this isn’t a GIF, it can still be used to add some extra flair to your presentation.

Above are 3 simple ways to insert GIFs into PowerPoint to make your presentation more prominent and memorable in the eyes of the audience. If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment for GhienCongList!

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