Microsoft Word and Figures

Is there a way to embed Matlab figures in a Microsoft Word doc so that when something is altered in the Matlab figure - whether it be the data itself or the figure - it updates by itself in the Word doc? If someone can direct me to the function or a 'best method' that people use, I would greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

[Patrick Kalita]

I don't think there is going to be anything that does exactly what you're looking for. The closest thing I can think of is the MATLAB Notebook feature. You might want to have a look at that.

Answer 2

[dk]

Save your figure using saveas() (use emf or png). When inserting the saved figure to Word use "link to file" option.

[Walter Roberson]

That would only change what was shown in word if the figure was re-saved, whereas if I understand the question correctly, Branden would like Word to get the updated figure if the data or figure properties were changed, even without the figure being saved.

I seem to recall there is a way to embed MATLAB operations within Excel, but I do not recall hearing of a way to embed MATLAB operations within Word... still, I would naively expect that if it can be done in Excel it could be done in Word.