Matlab Figures into a Powerpoint Presentation

I use the Edit>>Copy Figure method to put MATLAB figures into powerpoint presentations. The problem is whenever I want to resize a figure in powerpoint, it "stretches" the axes. I'm looking for subroutines that would alter the built-in matlab plot function to create a figure whose axes do not stretch when resized.

[Daniel Shub]

What exactly do you want to happen to the axis when the figure is resized? Ideally you should generate your figure at the correct size and then not resize it.

[Christine]

I'd like for the axes to remain the same size, but automatically recenter whenever the plot is resized. Like what happend when you put an excel graph into a powerpoint presentation.

[Daniel Shub]

This sounds like a power point problem and not a MATLAB problem. You might want to try a powerpoint QA site.

[Robert Cumming]

How is this different from your other question on the subject?

[Daniel Shub]

@Robert I think he was following on from a comment I made where I asked him to edit the question.

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

The only option (I'm aware of) for what you're describing is if you're on a Window's system and motivated.

You can save the figure as an *.emf file (enhanced meta file). This will be copied into Microsoft programs as a grouped object that can then be ungrouped and have each of its components resized manually.

I would recommend what Daniel said: size the axes correctly before removing the figure from MATLAB.

Answer 2

[Matt Smith]

Using a Mac I have successfully saved my Matlab figures as a .svg file, paste into powerpoint, and then right click -> Convert to Shape. Your figure is now vectorized in Matlab and can be edited!!

Pro tip: the background is saved too, which you can directly select and delete to make your plot 'pop'.