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The Frame tab
In the Frame
tab you can set:
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Name: The name of this frame. This is just as a reminder to you, and is not exported with the
animated GIF.
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Background: If this is set, the frame covers all previous frames. This is useful if you want to
create a background and then build up an animation on top of this background. Often the first
frame in the animation is a background frame. If the first frame is not a background frame, the
animated GIF uses the page background as its background.

Overlay: If this is set, then the frame overlays the previous frame.

Local Delay: Set how long the frame is displayed for in the animation.

Show Frame: When checked, the frame will be shown in the animation.
Flash Options
Here are several options for Flash animations, most of them are described above

Link to be applied to whole animation

Flash Movie Speed

JPEG quality

Area to save
GIF Options
In the GIF Options tab you can set the color usage in GIF animations. (Not available for Flash
animations). Click Options in the Export Animation dialog to show the GIF Options
tab in the Animation Export Options dialog.

Palette colors: Set the preferred color palette for your animated GIF. The help guide contains
more information on the difference between these options.
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Number of Colors in Palette: This option is available only when using optimized palettes. For
simple graphics you can reduce the number of colors in the palette. This can produce much
smaller files without losing quality. You may need to experiment to find the right balance between
file size and quality.
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Dithering: You can select between three types of dithering.
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Transparency: Select this to make the bitmap transparent where there are no objects.
Animation Loop and Speed
In the Animation Loop and Speed
tab you can alter the animation rate and frequency:

Loop: Lets you specify how many times the animation should repeat itself.
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Display each frame for: If you want the same delay between each frame in the animation enter
a value here. To specify a different delay for individual frames, use the frame tab (described
above). This field reads "many" if the animation has more than one inter-frame delay time.
Preview in Browser
You can select options suitable for the graphic and then load it into your browser so you can preview it:

Background options: Alter the background of the animated GIF to see which gives the best
result.
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Additional information: The preview page will contain useful information such as potential
downloading times when placed in a web page.
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