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I am trying to put a red box around an image, like the following, and then copy/paste into a PowerPoint file.
imagesc(ones);hax=gca;
set(hax.XAxis,'Color','r','LineWidth',8)
set(hax.YAxis,'Color','r','LineWidth',8);
xticks([]);
yticks([]);
When rendered in a Matlab figure window, it looks fine. However, when I copy it to PowerPoint using,
copygraphics(gcf, 'BackgroundColor', 'none', 'ContentType', 'vector');
or just the Copy Figure option from the figure Edit menu, the copied figure has a small chunk missing from the upper-left corner. Is there a remedy for this?
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Matt J
Matt J on 2 Sep 2022
Moved: Matt J on 23 Mar 2023
export_fig from the File Exchange seems to be able to copy the figure gracefully to the clipboard.
imagesc(ones);hax=gca;
set(hax.XAxis,'Color','r','LineWidth',6)
set(hax.YAxis,'Color','r','LineWidth',6);
xticks([]);
yticks([]);
axis image
export_fig(hax,'-transparent','-clipboard')
Matt J
Matt J on 2 Sep 2022
Moved: Matt J on 23 Mar 2023
Unfortunately, figure transparency is not preserved with the -clipboard switch :-(

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Yair Altman
Yair Altman on 4 Dec 2022
Moved: Matt J on 23 Mar 2023
@Matt J export_fig(gcf,'-transparent','-clipboard') v3.28 now supports figure transparency for image fomats as well as EMF (where transparency was already supported in previous releases).
Please report export_fig issues on GitHub from now on, not in a FEX or Answers comment - I nearly missed this and only saw it by chance.

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Kevin Holly
Kevin Holly on 2 Sep 2022
Moved: Matt J on 2 Sep 2022
Have you tried getframe?
h = getframe(hax)
Image = h.CData;
You can save the Image to PowerPoint as shown below (Note, you will need to adjust the placement and size of the image within the PowerPoint):
%% Open PowerPoint as a COM Automation server
h = actxserver('PowerPoint.Application')
uiwait(msgbox('Select folder to save PowerPoint'))
folder = uigetdir;
% Show the PowerPoint window
h.Visible = 1;
h.Help
%% ADD PRESENTATION
% View the methods that can be invoked
h.Presentation.invoke
% Add a presentation via "Add" method
Presentation = h.Presentation.Add
%% ADD SLIDES
% View the methods that can be invoked
Presentation.Slides.invoke
% Add a slide via "Add" method
% IF USING OFFICE 2003, use these commands:
% % Slide1 = Presentation.Slides.Add(1,'ppLayoutBlank')
% % Slide2 = Presentation.Slides.Add(2,'ppLayoutBlank')
% IF USING OFFICE 2007, use these commands:
blankSlide = Presentation.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts.Item(1);
Slide1 = Presentation.Slides.AddSlide(1,blankSlide);
Slide2 = Presentation.Slides.AddSlide(1,blankSlide);
%% GENERATE MATLAB IMAGES
figure;
image(Image)
print('-dpng','-r150',fullfile(folder,'test1.png'))
%% ADD IMAGES TO SLIDES WITH TITLES
% Note: Change the image file full path names to where you save them
Image1 = Slide1.Shapes.AddPicture(fullfile(folder,'test1.png'),'msoFalse','msoTrue',100,20,200,500)
Title1 = Slide1.Shapes.AddTextbox('msoTextOrientationHorizontal',200,10,200,70)
Title1.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = 'Image 1'
%% SAVE PRESENTATION
% Note: Change the presentation full path name to where you save it
Presentation.SaveAs(fullfile(folder,'ExamplePresentation.ppt'))
%% Close PowerPoint as a COM Automation server
h.Quit;
h.delete;
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Matt J
Matt J on 2 Sep 2022
Edited: Matt J on 2 Sep 2022
Thanks Kevin,
That does indeed get rid of the artifact in the upper-left corner (and is also a nice illustration of the fancy things you can do with automatic PowerPoint generation). However, I would ideally like to have a solution that sends the image to the clipboard, so that it can be pasted into other environments as well.

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