MATLAB: Gridlines when exporting .pdf in Word 2016

emfgridlines

Hi,
When importing an emf figure in Word 2016 the gridlines look fine but when exporting the document in pdf the transparency is wrong. Has anyone ever experienced this issure with emf files generated with MATLAB?
While in Word:
cap1.PNG
Exported in pdf through Word
cap2.PNG

Best Answer

You can replace the grid my drawing the lines manually with the wanted color. Would this solve the problem?
aAxesH = axes('NextPlot', 'add');
plot(1:10);
GridStyle.Color     = [0.5, 0.5, 0.5];
GridStyle.LineStyle = '-';
GridStyle.HitTest   = 'off';
Child   = get(aAxes, 'Children');
 
XTick   = get(aAxes, 'XTick');
YTick   = get(aAxes, 'YTick');
XLimit  = get(aAxes, 'XLim');
YLimit  = get(aAxes, 'YLim');
newGrid = cat(1, ...
    line([XTick; XTick], YLimit, 'Parent', aAxes, GridStyle), ...
    line(XLimit, [YTick; YTick], 'Parent', aAxes, GridStyle));
 
set(aAxes, 'Children', [Child; newGrid]);  % See: uistack % [EDITED: vChild -> 'Children']
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