how Matlab figure quality maintain ?

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Birhan Gezahegn
Birhan Gezahegn on 29 Apr 2019
Commented: Rik on 30 Jul 2020
I have matlab figures when I export to ms word the the matlab figure quality decrease. How can I increase MATLAB figure quality as it is in matlab toolbox? what other graphic software shall I used or llinked with matlab?
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per isakson
per isakson on 29 Apr 2019
Edited: per isakson on 29 Apr 2019
export_fig, Exports figures nicely to a number of vector & bitmap formats is one of the most popular contributions on the File Exchange over the last decade. (I've never used it.)
It's many years since I last made a report with Matlab figures in Ms Word. (Thus, I'm not qualified to answer.) I remember that size and fonts caused constant pain. Back then I thought that eps-files produce better quality, but it wasn't worth the trouble.
Now I made a simple copy&paste test on R2018b, Win10, MsWord2006. I cannot see any decrease in quality on my standard 24" screen. (I use Copy Option metafile.)
Rik
Rik on 30 Jul 2020
@LMBSRT, why did you flag this as not appropriate?

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Jan
Jan on 29 Apr 2019
I export my diagrams as EPS files using print. On the screen the poor TIFF preview is displayed in MS Word, but for print outs to paper or PDFs the high quality vector graphics are used. If the TIFF preview matters, you can increase its resolution with the -r flag in the print command.
This works fluently using the famous export_fig from the fileExchange also, but I did not use it yet.
It matters, if the figure is drawn by the OpenGL or Painters renderer: While the first one is faster for complex 3D images and required for alpha-blending, the second can export vector graphics. For high-resolution 3D graphics with transparencies, set the resolution by the -r flag also.

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