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Robert

Robert Report 24 Mar 2005 15:32

Thanks, I have Irfanview and have tried explorer and various other programs. All I get is a picture of a floppy, which doesn't seem to want to open. Regards Bob

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 24 Mar 2005 15:22

You can also open GIF files (and several other graphics file formats) with Internet Explorer. From the File menu, select Open... then click the Browse... button, change the File Type (last box) to 'GIF files', then browse for your GIF file and click OK. Richard

Ron

Ron Report 24 Mar 2005 15:18

Hi Robert. .gif is a grahic format (photo) you can open this in any Photo Editing software, if you have not got one on your system go to www(.)irfanview(.)com and download their free Photo viewing program. It's a very good freebie and will open and save just about any graphic format going. Good luck Ron www(.)genealogyprinters(.)com

Zoe

Zoe Report 24 Mar 2005 15:15

Bob send them to me and I'll see what I can do to change them into jpegs for you Zoe post a reply when you have a note of the email so I can remove it

Robert

Robert Report 24 Mar 2005 15:13

I desperately need help. I have been sent some family files which are in GIF format. When I try to view with a GIF viewer all I get is a picture of a floppy disk. If I use slide show it shows the names of the files, but not the file. The person who sent the files has gone away for a few weeks and I can't find out anything about them. I suspect that they are something to do with Ancestry. com but am not sure. Has anyone any ideas on how I can view these files please. Regards Bob