{"id":4314,"date":"2025-04-10T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistly.ai\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:25:24","slug":"how-to-pause-animated-gif-in-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twistly.ai\/es\/how-to-pause-animated-gif-in-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfC\u00f3mo pausar GIF animado en PowerPoint?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GIFs in PowerPoint add a lot to the interactive features of the slides. If you are a regular reader of Twistly Blog, you probably know how to insert GIFs in PowerPoint presentations<\/a>. These GIFs take less space, load faster, and require no action from the user. But did you ever think of how to pause animated GIF in PowerPoint?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may not find any direct feature in older versions of PowerPoint that allows you to pause animation but we have some tricks that can work for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> Latest version of PowerPoint has the Play and Pause buttons when you upload a gif to the slide. For the older versions, use this guide to pause the animations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pause Animated GIF in PowerPoint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why cannot I find an option to pause an animated gif in my presentation? Don’t worry, there is no feature to pause an animation. Adding a duplicate slide might help you, and if it does not work, we can try converting GIF to a video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else can you do to pause a GIF in the slide? Let’s see the options that work best for all users. How about starting with the best method to pause a PowerPoint animation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method 1: Add a Duplicate Slide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For this method to work, you need to know exactly at what frame you want to pause the GIF. This is not an optimized method but will work for most cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine you have a GIF, and you want the audience to closely observe the frame where the eyes of the character are focused. You will follow the steps given to give an impression of a paused GIF in your presentation. In reality, GIF is not paused; we have just tricked the system into thinking it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open the presentation and then go to the slide where you want to insert the GIF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Now, go to the Insert tab >> Picture >> From this Device >> Browse GIF<\/strong> and insert it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n