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Contributing to the File Exchange Repository

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How You Can Contribute to the Repository Adding Tags to a File Removing Tags from a File Rating a File Providing Comments About a File Submitting Your Files to the Repository

How You Can Contribute to the Repository

File Exchange is a valuable resource because of the contributions of users like you.

You can contribute by:

• Adding tags for existing files

• Providing feedback for files you use by rating the files and adding comments

• Submitting your own files

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Adding Tags to a File

1. Go to the file details page.

2. In the Add New Tags field near the bottom of the page, type the name of the tag to add:

   • To add multiple tags at once, separate each tag with a space.

   • To add a tag that has multiple words, put the words inside quotation marks. For example "pid controller".

   • You can enter up to 64 characters for a tag name, including spaces. File Exchange truncates characters after the 64th.

3. Click Submit:

   • Your Tags includes the tag.

   • Everyone's Tags includes the tag. If the tag had already been applied to the file, the number of times the tag was applied to the file increases by one. The tag becomes more popular.

   • It could take up to 15 minutes until you can use the newly added tag in File Exchange.

For more information, including an example, click the Tags for This File information button on the file details page.

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Removing Tags from a File

You have permission to remove tags you added to a file. You cannot remove tags added by other users.

To remove a tag:

1. Go to the file details page.

2. In the Tags for This File area, under Your Tags, click - (the remove button) for the tag you want to remove.

After removing a tag:

• Your Tags no longer includes the tag.

• If other users applied the tag to the file, the tag remains in Everyone's Tags. The number of times that tag was applied to the file decreases by one.

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Rating a File

Assign a number of stars to rate a file:

1. Go to the file details page.

2. Go to Rate This Submission at the bottom of the page.

3. Click a star. For example, click the third star from the left to assign a rating of three stars.

4. Click Submit.

If you enter a rating but do not want to submit it, use the back button to leave the file details page.

To change a rating you already submitted, rate the file again. It would be helpful to add a comment about why you changed your rating. File Exchange maintains only your most recent rating. File Exchange reports the number of times users rated a file. When you rate a file more than once, the number of ratings includes all the times you rated a file.

It could take up to 15 minutes until your rating appears in the file list in File Exchange.

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Providing Comments About a File

Provide feedback about a file you downloaded. Use comments to let the author and other users know:

• What was useful

• What was problematic

• Ways of using the file

To add comments for a file:

1. Go to the file details page.

2. Go to Add Comments at the bottom of the page.

3. Type your comments in the field.

4. Click Submit.

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Submitting Your Files to the Repository

Use the Web interface to submit your own files to the File Exchange repository. Click this link to go directly to the page where you can submit your file: MATLAB Central File Exchange — Submit New File

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Best Practices for Using Files Provided by Other Users

Frequently Asked Questions About File Exchange

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