MATLAB: How to save AUTOMATICALLY all opened figures (unknown amount) in one .pdf file.

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Hi all
Please, how to save all figures that have been generated by a code (or different codes – so al opened figures) in one pdf file. I found some solution where one need to specify and save manualy all the figures, but I am looking for something fast and automatic.
I have already tried export_fig and SaveFigs from Matlab file exchange but it doesn not work correctly. ( if I am wrong, please show how to use them correctly)
Thanks

Best Answer

Get handles to all open figures:
 figHandles = findall(0,'Type','figure');
Then use export_fig() to save them to a PDF using the -append option.
On the first iteration of the loop you'll need to create the file. On all subsequent iterations of the loops, you'll append the file. Your code may look something like this (you can adapt it to your needs). 
 % Create filename 
 fn = tempname();  %in this example, we'll save to a temp directory.
 
 % Save first figure
 export_fig(fn, '-pdf', figHandles(1))
 
 % Loop through figures 2:end
 for i = 2:numel(figHandles)
     export_fig(fn, '-pdf', figHandles(i), '-append')
 end
If you want to open the document when you're done,
 winopen(fn) %assuming fn is the full path the document
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