This article will show you how to insert animated GIFs in Google Slides or more dynamic presentations.

GIFs haven’t yet outlived their usefulness.

These small animations can be tremendous timesavers for conveying your message in one slide.

Dynamic presentations in Google Slides

Moreover, with a suitable animated GIF, you don’t have to create several graphics on multiple slides.

Open Google Slide and the slide where you want to place the GIF.

Then, go for the downloaded GIF on your desktop and drop it on the slide.

Inserting an animated GIF on Google Slides

Copy-pasting a GIF to a slide turns it into a static image.

If you have usedanimated GIFs in Google Docs, you will find them familiar.

Open a slide and take your pick from the three main methods below.

Use Google Search in Google Slides to insert an animated GIF

you might opt for little magnifying lens icon on the image to preview the file in the Google sidebar.

Then, selectInserton the Preview window.

So here are some suggestions for presenting with an animated GIF.

Copy image address from the browser’s context menu

Remember always to ensure that you have permission to use the animated GIFs.

Also, check thetype of Creative Commons licensethe graphic comes with.

Animated GIFs are visual aids, which may be right for some presentations while jarring for others.

Paste the link in the field to display the animation on the slide

So, try out animated GIFs in Google Slides for more interactive presentations.

Using an animated GIF in a title slide