Adding an Animated GIF to A Workbook in Microsoft Excel

This video shows how to add an animated GIF image into a worksheet or workbook. The insert image does not work for animated GIFs, so in this example I add an animated GIF using the Microsoft Web Browser Control.


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[robbiegrant]

Excellent tutorial. Thank God for YouTube and the people who provide video tutorials on how to do stuff!

[kittydoes]

is it possible that the gif runs even without the command button?

[bastinrupesh]

Very nice tutorial, can you help me if i want to send this file to some on and they wont have the picture in there local drive that time how it will work.... do u have any work around to share this file 

[VashaLittleMasha]

@Bastin 
Send the folder that contains the excel file and picture, and make the code refer to the workbook's directory. Otherwise, use a web based url, i think.

[corinnefrieden]

On opening the Webbrowser I only get a black square rather then seeing the icon.  The code was producing an error until I removed the brackets from around the file location. But then pushing the button produced nothing in the window.  Any suggestions about where I am going wrong?

[sebastianechacku]

how to make the animated gif smaller after you inserted into excel?

[Hariharan]

Thanks a lot, Is there any way to remove the Scroll bars in the object? Pls help.

[abbasmoeen]

I have added a giff file in excel. But that giff / animation doesnt work when the file is sent to others "( any solution please ?

[yeuduongtamhuong]

i want full size image in webbrower, help me/.

[MsFG-lgdo]

Well done dear🌹
But I did exactly what you said, the video is displayed on my laptop screen, but why not on other computers? Please help me 🙏🏻😭🆘️

[ahmadsobarie]

I cant put microsoft web browser in my worksheet excel 2013, its said "cannot insert object"

[nuhzakir]

hi.I cannot remove web browser's scrollbard and border.
Could you tell me please how to do it?
Thank you.

[dougrobinson]

It's "gif", not "gif".

[LPAtkins]

Not really a solution if the file has to be stored separately.