MATLAB®

Printing and Formatting an M-Book

Printing an M-Book

You can print all or part of an M-book by doing one of the following, depending on the version of Microsoft^® Word you are using:

• In Microsoft Word 2002, 2003 — Select File > Print.

• In Microsoft Word 2007 — Select Microsoft Office Button > Print

Word follows these rules when printing M-book cells and graphics:

• Cell markers are not printed.

• Input cells, autoinit cells, and output cells (including error messages) are printed according to their defined styles. If you prefer to print these cells using black type instead of colors or shades of gray, you can modify the styles.

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Modifying Styles in the M-Book Template

You can control the appearance of the text in your M-book by modifying the predefined styles stored in the M-book template, m-book.dot. These styles control the appearance of text and cells. By default, M-books use the Word Normal style for all other text.

For example, if you print an M-book on a color printer, input cells appear dark green, output and autoinit cells appear dark blue, and error messages appear red. If you print the M-book on a grayscale printer, these cells appear as shades of gray. To print these cells using black type, you need to modify the color of the Input, Output, AutoInit, and Error styles in the M-book template.

The table below describes the default styles used by Notebook. If you modify styles, you can use the information in the tables below to help you return the styles to their original settings. For general information about using styles in Word documents, see the Word documentation.

When you change a style, Word applies the change to all characters in the M-book that use that style and gives you the option to change the template. Be cautious about making changes to the template. If you choose to apply the changes to the template, you will affect all new M-books that you create using the template. See the Word documentation for more information.

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Choosing Loose or Compact Format for Notebook

You can specify whether a blank line appears between the input and output cells by selecting the loose or compact format, as follows:

1. Select Notebook > Notebook Options.

2. In the Notebook Options dialog box, select either Loose or Compact. Loose format adds an empty line. Compact format does not.

3. Click OK.

Note   Changes you make using the Notebook Options dialog box take effect for output generated after you click OK. To affect existing input or output cells, you must reevaluate the cells.

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Controlling Numeric Output Format for Notebook

To change how Notebook displays numeric output, follow these steps:

1. Select Notebook > Notebook Options.

2. In the Notebook Options dialog box, select a format from the Numeric Format list. These settings correspond to the choices available with the MATLAB^® format command.

3. Click OK.

Note   Changes you make using the Notebook Options dialog box take effect for output generated after you click OK. To affect existing input or output cells, you must reevaluate the cells.

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Controlling Graphic Output for Notebook

This section describes how to control several aspects of the graphic output produced by MATLAB commands in an M-book, including

• Embedding Graphic Output in the M-Book

• Suppressing Graphic Output for Individual Input Cells in Notebook

• Sizing Graphic Output in Notebook

• Cropping Graphic Output in Notebook

• Adding White Space Around Graphic Output in Notebook

Embedding Graphic Output in the M-Book

By default, graphic output is embedded in an M-book. To display graphic output in a separate figure window, follow these steps:

1. Select Notebook > Notebook Options.

2. In the Notebook Options dialog box, clear the Embed Figures in M-book check box.

   

3. Click OK.

Note   Embedded figures do not include Handle Graphics® objects generated by the uicontrol and uimenu functions.

Notebook determines whether to embed a figure in the M-book by examining the value of the figure object's Visible property. If the value of the property is off, Notebook embeds the figure. If the value of this property is on, Notebook directs all graphic output to the current figure window.

Suppressing Graphic Output for Individual Input Cells in Notebook

If an input or autoinit cell generates figure output that you want to suppress, follow these steps:

1. Place the cursor in the input cell.

2. Select Notebook > Toggle Graph Output for Cell.

Notebook suppresses graphic output from the cell, inserting the string (no graph) after the input cell.

To allow graphic output for a cell, repeat the procedure. Notebook removes the (no graph) marker and allows graphic output from the cell.

Note   Toggle Graph Output for Cell overrides the Embed Figures in M-book option, if that option is set.

Sizing Graphic Output in Notebook

To set the default size of embedded graphics in an M-book, follow these steps:

1. Select Notebook > Notebook Options.

2. In the Notebook Options dialog box, use the Units, Width and Height fields to set the size of graphics generated by the M-book.

3. Click OK.

Note   Changes you make using the Notebook Options dialog box take effect for graphic output generated after you click OK. To affect existing input or output cells, you must reevaluate the cells.

You change the size of an existing embedded figure by selecting the figure, clicking the left mouse button anywhere in the figure, and dragging the resize handles of the figure. If you resize an embedded figure using its resize handles and then regenerate the figure, its size reverts to its original size.

Cropping Graphic Output in Notebook

To crop an embedded figure to cut off areas you do not want to show, follow these steps:

1. Select the graphic by clicking the left mouse button anywhere in the figure.

2. Hold down the Shift key.

3. Drag a sizing handle toward the center of the graphic.

Adding White Space Around Graphic Output in Notebook

You can add white space around an embedded figure by moving the boundaries of a graphic outward. Select the graphic, then hold down the Shift key and drag a sizing handle away from the graphic.

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Evaluating MATLAB® Commands with Notebook

Configuring Notebook