Captivate 7 not recognizing animated GIF's?

I've used photoshop CS6 to create an animated GIF from a video clip. using timeline I have a file saved in .GIF format and it is clearly an animation. When I insert > animation CV7 Tells me "file is not an animated GIF file". It is starting to become a bit ridiculous when you consider that the file was made using PS and that it IS an animated GIF. I am just wondering if there is some kind of "special" step I need to get them imported or if I am somehow saving it incorrectly?
Has anyone had any issues with animated GIF's in Captivate 7?
Thanks in advance.
Jon
the image in question is here:

Hi Jon,
I think this is because of the delay value you set for each Frame within Photoshop.
Please go to Photoshop, open the source file, Could you please set the 'delay' value for each of your Frame to 0.01 or some value if it shows as 0, this can be done using the animation frame Window. Save it as GIF again for Web Devices and import in Captivate, see, if you are abale to inport this time in Captivate. Although the step is applicable for a differnt problem, but still i am curious, if this could solve it.
Secondly, Could you try inserting it as an image rather than animation, the message means it is not a complete animation but a regular file.
Thanks,
Anjaneai

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