How do I copy the plot in a figure to a clipboard to paste to an external application outside MATLAB?

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MathWorks Support Team
MathWorks Support Team on 21 Jan 2010
The PRINT function can be used in the following format:
print -dmeta -noui
in a GUI callback. The attached GUI shows how this behavior can be achieved. To try this sample, please follow these steps:
1) Download the attached files.
2) Run the program and in the GUI, click on the push button.
3) Open MS-Word and type Ctrl+V (Paste).
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Kevin Gleason
Kevin Gleason on 27 Sep 2016
Could you clarify what you would like to copy? Just the axes object perhaps, as explained by this link:
Otherwise, the figure is usually the whole window. The print function can take a figure handle and arguments "print(f,'-dmeta','-clipboard','-noui')". You could copy your desired objects into a new figure and print that to your clipboard. The following article may be helpful:

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