When you download a gif instead of opening it with Preview or any other photo program, drag and drop it on your web browser icon. Or you can open it through your web browser by using File-Open. Forwarding photo's in general from some service providers such as AOL can be hit or miss. Your best bet is to send them directly. Guy Sue Rodriguez wrote: > I have also had trouble forwarding animated gifs. Most of the time, they > arrive as a square with a red X in it. If I try downloading them, I get > only one picture, but in PREVIEW, I can see the entire number of separate > pictures that make up the gif. > > Sue >