Animated gif background

Is there a way to remove the background from an animated gif. I do not remember this problem in 06, but now when inserting a gif there is a white background. Has anyone found a workaround that. I looked in the forum but did not find an answer.
Thank you
Mireille

Fabe,
As I was uploading a gif to show you what I meant, I looked at it and lo and behold it is working correctly. I wonder if it is part of the fix in the new update of leopard.
Anyway thank you for your reply and making me look again.
Mireille

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