How to Get Powerpoint to Read a GIF
Microsoft PowerPoint is used to create slideshow presentations, but it is not an image editor. You cannot open a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) file as you would other PowerPoint files---through the file menu. You can, however, get PowerPoint to read the file by inserting it on your page as an image. As with other image files, you can resize or crop a GIF and add borders to it within PowerPoint, but you cannot edit/change the image itself.
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Instructions
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Open a new or existing presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint.
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Place your cursor in the text box where you want the GIF to appear. To add a new text box, select "Insert" and "Text Box" instead.
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Click on "Insert," "Picture," and "From File" to open the "Insert Picture" dialog box.
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Change "Files of type" to "Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif; *.gfa)" or "All Pictures," then navigate to the folder where the GIF file is located.
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Double click on the GIF to load it into Microsoft PowerPoint.
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Save the PowerPoint file by selecting "File" and "Save." Name the file and keep the default file extension (PPT), then click on "Save."
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