Problem exporting as an animated gif

I create animated gifs in Fireworks.
I work on them, save them as a png file and then export as an animated gif.
For some reason, I have followed the same procedure but the file is not exporting correctly export at all or only saves 1 frame.
Also, if I name the file TEST.png, when I go to export I export as TEST.gif however when it is saved to the desktop it reads Page1.gif
??????? I'm really confused.
I have checked all the details in Image Preview and they are all correct.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks

If you haven't done so, try adding a slice around the animation and optimize / export the slice

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Greetings
I would appreciate some help.
I am new at creating animated gif's, and am experiencing a
problem with them when I try to view them in a browser.
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Insert simple arrow.
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alex
revbear wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I would appreciate some help.
>
> I am new at creating animated gif's, and am experiencing
a problem with them
> when I try to view them in a browser.
>
> I am working in Fireworks 2004, the following is what I
do.
>
> Create first frame.
> Insert simple arrow.
> Create second frame
> Insert simple arrow with diffrent color
> Third frame same but diffrent image.
>
> Set the Optimize Panel to Animated Gif, transparency set
to No tranparency.
>
> Click on File, Export.
> Type the name of the file in File Name box.
> Select "Frames to Files" option for Save as type option.
>
> In my folder where I saved the files there are now three
gif files.
>
> When I open the file into the following browsers IE 7,
6.0 or Firefox it
> remains as a static image in the browser with no
animation, the same is for
> viewing it in Window Explorer Preview Pane.
>
> In Fireworks however the animation plays perfectly.
>
> I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me
what I am doing wrong or
> why they created animated gifs are not playing in the
browser.
>
> Regards
> Dave
>
>

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