Good quality graph from Matlab to MSOffice

Hi, which format or method will give me the best graphics quality, if i want to use matlab graphics in MS Powerpoint, for example. I have used edit-->copyfigure.. but, the font and the lines become very thin.

[Mariela Hernández]

Word 2016 admits vectorial image ".svg". You can import your matfigure using it:

saveas(figure (1), '.svg')

Answer 1

[owr]

export_fig has helped me immensely. Also check out "imclipboard":

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28708-imclipboard

I need to insert MATLAB graphs into Outlook emails and Word documents very often. I downloaded both MATLAB Central functions and made myself the following shortcut:

set(gcf,'Color',[1 1 1]);
imclipboard('copy', export_fig());

The first line just sets the figure background to white so it looks nicer within emails and word docs that have a white background.

I produce the figure that I need, press the shortcut button that triggers the code above, and then just paste into Outlook. Its been quite convenient.

[Meh]

Well Thankyou for your suggestions! They look handy but I still am not satisfied with the quality. I used export_fig for bmp and jpg...the font size and the lines look ok but the quality is still not convincing. The imclipboard terminates at

[~, ~, e] = fileparts(filename);

because of ~ signs. My Matlab marks ~ as errors.

[owr]

The tilde's are still relatively new to MATLAB I guess, you must be running an earlier version. You can replace those with the names of dummy variables.

In terms of your original question, I agree that the quality could still not be ideal. I use export_fig, etc. mostly to share graphs quickly with other folks I work with. I do this often, so the quality is secondary to the ease. I also got better results from export_fig than from any luck I had meddling around with the settings myself. To be fair, I didnt put much time into it.

You may find this blog useful:

http://blogs.mathworks.com/pick/2010/05/28/creating-and-exporting-publication-quality-graphics/

Thats where I got the original reference to export_fig.

Good luck!

Answer 2

[Wayne King]

Try:

File -> Save As

and then use a bitmap

Alternatively from the command line

print -dbitmap

You may also want to try:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23629-exportfig