| Printing and Exporting Figures with MATLAB |
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Clipboard Formats
There are two formats you can use to export your figure to the clipboard: Windows Bitmap (BMP) or Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF). By default, the format is chosen based on the rendering method used to display the figure. If the figure is displayed with the OpenGL or Z-buffer renderer, Windows Bitmap is the default. If the figure is displayed with the Painter's renderer, the EMF format is used.
To force MATLAB to use one of the clipboard formats, rather than letting it choose one for you, use Copy Options Preferences. See Setting Copy Preferences for instructions.
Exporting Procedure
- If you want to export your figure using default settings, skip to step 4. (See Default Settings.)
- Optional: Create and apply a template to your figure before exporting it to the clipboard by using Figure Copy Template Preferences. Settings you can change include the size and color of lines and text. See Creating and Applying a Copy Template for instructions.
- Optional: Override default settings for the clipboard format to use, the background color, or the size of the figure, by using the Copy Options Preferences. See Setting Copy Preferences for instructions.
- Select Copy figure from the Edit menu. This places a copy of the figure on the Windows clipboard.
- You are now ready to paste the figure into another Windows application.
| | Exporting to the Clipboard Using the Graphical Interface | | Creating and Applying a Copy Template | |