How to add animate GIF image to OneNote

7/11/2015

We have known that the animate GIF image is static in OneNote. The OneNote just display the first fame of GIF, and it cannot animated.

GIF image in OneNote is static

An Animate GIF Image File

After save follow animate GIF image into OneNote, we will get a static image, to play the GIF image, we have to "Save As" the image to outside of OneNote to view it by IE to let it animated.

Animate GIF Image

Mht to OneNote for Windows Explorer

Favorite to OneNote now provide a new feature "Mht to OneNote for Windows Explorer" to help you convert a GIF Image file to MHT file and save to OneNote.

Mht to OneNote for Windows Explorer

After installed Favorite to OneNote, you will find a new item "Mht to OneNote" in "Send to" in Context menu of Windows Explorer.

Select an animate GIF image file in Windows Explorer.
Right click on the GIF image to pop up context menu.
Choose "Send to" item.
Click "Mht to OneNote" item.

Conver GIF to MHT to OneNote

Mht to OneNote for Windows Explorer will convert the animate GIF file to MHT file and save to current OneNote page.

The MHT file include the GIF image.

Convert GIF file to Mht file

View Animate GIF in OneNote

Now, we can use "Gem for OneNote" feature "Web Layout" to view the animate GIF image.

Download and install "Gem for OneNote". Click "Cooperation" tab -> "Play" group -> "Web Layout" command.

OneNote Web Layout

This command display the mht file and play the GIF image.

Click "X" or Press "ESC" key to return to OneNote normal layout.

Play animate GIF image in OneNote

2 Comments

Artur

6/1/2016 07:33:06

I installed favourite to OneNote, and when i try to send .gif file error pops out "Error Can not find OneNote application".
This occur when i do this from IE browser, and from desktop (after i downloaded it).
How can i overcome this?

Why you cannot install 2016 version on Microsoft edge browser?

P.S I haven't installed gem for Onenote( it isnt required at this stage(sending to onenote) right?)

Tiffany Wang

11/12/2018 20:42:29

Answering Artur's question for anyone that has this issue. I ran across this same issue and this happens when you do NOT have Microsoft OneNote open. If you have Microsoft OneNote running then this process will convert the gif to mht and place it within whichever current page OneNote was viewing

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