Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming Fundamentals

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Plots and Plotting Tools

• Figures, Plots, and Graphs

What Is a MATLAB Graph?

Anatomy of a Graph

Figure Toolbars

Types of MATLAB Plots

• Plotting Tools - Interactive Plotting

What Are Plotting Tools?

Plotting Tools Interface Overview

The Figure Palette

The Plot Browser

The Property Editor

Accessing Object Properties with the Property Inspector

• Example - Working with Plotting Tools

Identifying Workspace Data to Plot

Adding a Subplot

• Example - Plotting from the Figure Palette

Using the Plot Catalog

Plotting Expressions

• Example - Specifying a Data Source

Creating the Graph

Varying the Data Source

Data Sources for Multiobject Graphs

• Example - Generating MATLAB Code to Reproduce a Graph

Create a Stem Plot and Generate Code for It

• Editing Plots

Why Edit Plots?

Interactive Plot Editing

Using Functions to Edit Graphs

• Working in Plot Edit Mode

Figure Windows in Plot Edit Mode

Starting Plot Edit Mode

Exiting Plot Edit Mode

Selecting Objects in a Graph

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Plot Objects

Moving and Resizing Objects

Setting Object Properties

Undo/Redo - Eliminating Mistakes

• Saving Your Work

Saving a Graph in FIG-File Format

Saving to a Different Format - Exporting Figures

Printing Figures

Generating a MATLAB File to Recreate a Graph

• Data Exploration Tools

• Annotating Graphs

• Basic Plotting Commands

• Creating Specialized Plots

• Displaying Bit-Mapped Images

• Printing and Exporting

• Handle Graphics Objects

• Figure Properties

• Axes Properties

• 3-D Visualization

• Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Handle Graphics Property Browser

• External Interfaces

• C/C++ and Fortran API Reference

• Release Notes

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Figures, Plots, and Graphs

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