Animated GIFs in Captivate 2 or 3

I have 31 lessons (PowerPoint) that contain animated GIFs. If
I import these into Captivate 2 or Captivate 3, will these
animations within the animated GIFs be maintained?
Thanks for any replies! All the best with your own projects.
Dean

Hi Dean
To import an animated .GIF and retain the animation
properties, try clicking Import > Animation... and pointing at
the .GIF.
Captivate may munge it when it comes in. So don't be too
surprised if that happens. For example, I have a small animated
dancing stick man. The background is transparent when I drop him on
an HTML page. But when he comes into Captivate, the background is
black.
Cheers... Rick

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