Photos and Animated .gif disappear in Open Office Impress

I use Open Office on Windows 8.

When I create Presentation using Impress, I insert photos and animated .gifs.

However, if I move that Impress presentation, or delete the referring photos and animated gifs, all the multimedia disappears from Impress.

I even emailed myself a copy of the Impress presentation and all the photos and animations have disappeared.

How on Earth do I fix this?

I have an online presentation to give in about a week, and I wish to give a copy of the Impress presentation to viewers, which includes the animations, rather than exporting to static .pdf.

Please help!!!!!

You probably have the pictures linked, instead of embedded. When you insert them, make sure the Link checkbox is not ticked. If they are linked, you will still need the source file or they will disappear as you said. If you embed them, they no longer need the source files.

If you have already added them and they are linked, don't worry. There is a way to remove the links. Go to the Edit menu and then Links....

If links exist, you can select Break Link, and that will remove the link and embed your image.

Images from source linked above: http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/05/how-to-make-sur.html