MATLAB: Removing white space in .emf plots

emfwhitespace

I have a MATLAB program that generates data and plots the data. When I create the Figure, I use the following command:

figure100 = figure('Position',[1 1 1100 500],'Color',[1 1 1]);

Afterward, I use the

SAVEAS(figure100,FILENAME,'emf')

to save the figure to .emf file.

When I drag and drop the .emf file into PowerPoint I notice a large white space to the left and right of the figure. In order to remove the white space I typically CROP the figure in PowerPoint.

My question is how can I reduce the WHITE space in MATLAB so that I don't need to CROP in PowerPoint?

Best Answer

You can simply 'ungroup' the figure when you get it into PowerPoint and delete the unwanted white box. Then you can 'regroup' the remaining objects.

Alternatively - set the background to be transparent. Then you don't care (you can definitely do this with the 'copy figure' method.

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You can correct this by using the InvertHardCopy property for figure windows. The following information is found in the documentation for InvertHardCopy:

 This property changes hardcopy to black objects on white background and affects only printed output. Printing a figure or axes having a background color (Color property) that is not white results in poor contrast between graphics objects and the figure background and also consumes a lot of printer toner.

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figure
plot(1:10)
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set(gcf, 'color', 'r')
set(gcf, 'InvertHardcopy', 'off')
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