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Index


Symbols 

animation
erase modes for
movies
annotating graphs
adding a legend
adding a title
adding labels
adding plots of data statistics
adding text
annotations
adding <1> <2>
area <1> <2>
area graphs <1> <2>
arrays, storing images
arrow annotations
adding
arrows
adding to a graph
aspect ratio of figures <1> <2>
See also printing
axes
adding labels
adding text
aspect ratio
2-D
automatic modes
axis control
axis direction
CLim property
color limits
ColorOrder property
colors
individual axis control
labeling
labels
font properties
using TeX characters
locking position
making grids coincident
multi-axis
multiple <1> <2>
NextPlot property
overlapping
positioning
preparing to accept graphics
properties
for labeling
properties of
protecting from output
scaling
independent
setting
limits
line styles used for plotting
setting limits
standard plotting behavior
target for graphics
tick marks
locating
units
unlocking position
with two x and y axes
axis
axis
equal
illustrated examples, 2-D
image
square
tight
axis labels, rotating

background color, of text
backing store
bar <1> <2>
bar graphs
3-D
grouped
2-D
3-D
horizontal
labeling <1> <2>
overlaid with plots
stacked
bar3 <1> <2>
bar3h
barh
binary images
bins, specifying for histogram
BMP
buttons on toolbar <1> <2> <3> <4>

callbacks
function handles used for
using function handles for
CData property
images
CDataMapping property
images
cla
clabel <1> <2>
clf
close
close request function
default
closereq.m
CloseRequestFcn property
default value
errors in
overriding
closing figures
closing MATLAB, errors occurring when
color limits, calculating
colordef
colormaps
large
minimum size
simulating multiple
size of dithermap
ColorOrder
colors
changing color scheme
colormaps
controlled by axes
controlled by figure properties
dithering
effects of dithering
fixed
indexed and dithering
mapping to data
shared
size of dithermap
specifying Figure colors
used for plotting
using a large number
compass
compass plots
complex numbers, plotting
with feather
contour
contour plots
algorithm
filled
in polar coordinates
labeling
specifying contour levels <1> <2>
contour3
contourc <1> <2>
contourf <1> <2>
conv2
converting the data class of an indexed image
convn
copying
figures
options
copying graphics objects
current
Axes
Figure
object
cursors, see pointers

data statistics
formatting plots of of
plotting <1> <2>
Data Statistics tool
example
interface
overview
saving to workspace
data types
8-bit integers
double-precision
DataAspectRatio property
images
default
aspect ratio
of figure windows
CloseRequestFcn
factory
figure color scheme
property values 7-22-??
removing
search path, diagram
setting to factory defaults
default line styles, setting and removing
deleting graphics objects
deselecting objects
discrete data graphs
stairstep plots
stem plots
dithering
algorithm
effects of
Dithermap property
DithermapMode property <1> <2>
documentation
double
double
converting double to uint8 or uint16
converting image data to double
double buffering
double converting double to uint16
double converting double to uint8

Edit menu
starting Property Editor
editing plots
interactively
efficient programming <1> <2>
ending plot edit mode
erase modes
and printing
background
images
none
xor
errors closing MATLAB
examples
animation
area graphs
bar graphs
contour plots
copying graphics objects
custom pointers
direction and velocity graphs
discrete data graphs
double axis graphs
finding objects handles
histograms
hold
line
movies
multiline text
newplot
object creation functions
overlapping axes
pie charts
placing text dynamically
plot
complex data
plotting linestyles
ScreenSize property
setting default property values
simulating multiple colormaps
specifying figure position
subplot
text
exporting
Enhanced Metafiles
exporting figures
Adobe Illustrator
EPS files
formats
choosing a format
MATLAB and GhostScript
vector or bitmap
JPEG files
LaTeX
importing example
lighting
publication quality
TIFF files
transparency
extent of computer screen

factory defaults
feather <1> <2>
feather plots
fft2
fftn
figure files
figures
CloseRequestFcn
closing
copying
defining custom pointers
defining pointers
defining the color of
fixed colors
for plotting
index color properties
introduction to
NextPlot property
nonactive
opening
positioning
positioning example
preparing to accept graphics
printing
default figure size for printing
protecting from output
rendering properties
saving
specifying pointers
standard plotting behavior
units
visible property
with multiple axes
files
exporting
figure fig
formats for figures
opening
printing
saving
fill, properties changed by
fill3, properties changed by
findobj
fixed colors
FixedColors property
Floyd-Steinberg dithering algorithm
fonts
axis labels
formats for figures
function handles
Handle Graphics callbacks
functions
convenience forms
high-level vs. low-level
to create graphics objects

gca
handle visibility
gcf
handle visibility
gco
get
getframe
GIF graphic file format
ginput
gradient
graphical input
graphics
M-files, structure of
graphics file formats
list of formats supported by MATLAB
graphics images
16-bit
intensity
8-bit
intensity
RGB
converting from one format to another
converting to RGB
reading from file
see also BMP, HDF, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, XWD
writing to file
graphics objects
accessing handles
accessing hidden handles
axes
controlling where they draw
copying
deleting
editing properties <1> <2>
figures
function handle callbacks
functions that create
convenience forms
handle validity versus visibility
HandleVisibility property
hierarchy
images
See also Image chapter
invisible handles
lights
line
patches
properties
changed by functions
changed when created
common to all objects
factory defined
getting current values
listing possible values
querying in groups
search path for default values
searching for
setting values
property names
rectangle
root
setting parent of
specifying tag value
surface
text
uicontrol
uimenu
graphs
area
bar
horizontal
compass plots
contour plots
direction and velocity
discrete data
feather plots
histograms
labeling
pie charts
quiver plots
stairstep plots
with double axes
grayscale
see also intensity images
Greek characters
see text function
using to annotate
grids, coincident

Handle Graphics
graphics objects
hierarchy of graphics objects
handles to graphics objects
finding
handles, saving in M-files
HandleVisibility property
HDF
help
high-level functions
hist
histograms
in polar coordinates
labeling the bins
rose plot
specifying number of bins
hold
and NextPlot
testing state of
hold state, testing for
HorizontalAlignment property

image
image
properties changed by
image types
binary
images
16-bit
indexed
8-bit
indexed
data types
erase modes
indexed
information about files
intensity
numeric classes
printing
properties
CData
CDataMapping
XData and YData
RGB
see also graphics images
size and aspect ratio
storing in MATLAB
truecolor
types
imagesc
imagesc
imagesc
imfinfo
imfinfo
imread
imread
imwrite
imwrite
ind2rgb
indexed color
displays
dithering truecolor
indexed images
converting the data class of
indirgb
intensity images
converting the data class of
interpreter property
ishold

JPEG

labeling
axes
labeling graphs <1> <2>
LaTeX. See TeX
legend
adding to a graph
editing text labels
positioning in a graph
legend
legends
with data statistics
limits
axes <1> <2>
line styles
used for plotting
redefining
lines
adding as annotations
adding to existing graph
annotations
marker types
properties of
styles
LineStyleOrder property
locking axes position
loglog, properties changed by
low-level functions

mapping data to color
markers used for plotting
MATLAB 4 color scheme
MATLAB, quitting
matrix
displaying contours
plotting
representing as
area graph
bar graph
histogram
storing images
meshc
M-files
basic structure of graphics
closereq
to set color mapping
using newplot
writing efficient
min
plotting
MinColormap property
movie <1> <2>
movies
example
moving
objects
multiaxis axes
multiline text

navigation bar
in Property Editor
newlink aspectratio
newplot
example using
NextPlot property
add
replace
replacechildren <1> <2>
setting plotting color order

object properties
editing
online help
open <1> <2>
OpenGL <1> <2>
printing
opening figures
options for copying
organization of Handle Graphics
orient
example

page setup
painters algorithm
paper type
setting from the command line
paper type for printing
setting from the command line
PaperPosition property
example
PaperType property
example
parent, of graphics object
PCX
pie charts
labeling
offsetting a slice
removing a piece
plot
properties changed by
plot edit mode, starting and ending
plot editing mode
overview
plot3
properties changed by
plotedit
plots
editing object in
plotting
adding to existing graph
annotating graphs
area graphs
bar graphs
compass plots
complex data
contour plots
contours, labeling
creating a plot
data-point markers
elementary functions for
feather plots
interactive
line colors
line styles
matrices
multiple graphs
overlaying bar graphs
quiver plots
specifying line styles <1> <2>
stairstep plots
stem plots
to subaxis
vector data
windows for
plotting statistics
PNG
writing as 16-bit using imwrite
Pointer property
pointers
custom
example defining
specifying
PointerShapeCData property
PointerShapeHotSpot property
polar
polar coordinates
contour plots
rose plot
position of figure
Position property
axes
figure
positioning axes
positioning of axes
positioning text on a graph
preferences
printing
aspect ratio
default
background color
figure size
setting from the command line <1> <2> <3>
fonts
supported for HPGL
supported for PostScript and GhostScript
supported for Windows drivers
images
MATLAB printer driver
definition
OpenGL
paper type
setting from the command line
PaperType property
example
PostScript
fonts supported for
quick start
renderer
methods
resolution
with painters renderer
with Z-buffer renderer
troubleshooting
Z-buffer
printing figures
properties
automatic axes
changed by built-in functions
changed by object creation functions
defining in startup.m
editing <1> <2>
for labeling axes
naming convention
See also graphics objects
specifying default values
Property Editor
closing
editing multiple objects
interface
overview
searching for objects
starting
using the navigation bar
property values
defaults
defined by MATLAB
getting
resetting to default
setting
specifying defaults
user defined
pseudocolor displays, see indexed color

quiver <1> <2>
quiver plots
2-D
3-D
combined with contour plot
displaying velocity vectors
quiver3

Renderer property
and printing
rendering
options
Z-buffer
reset
resizing
objects
RGB
converting to
images
converting the data class of
rose <1> <2>
rotating a plot
rotating axis labels

saveas
saving figures
screen extent, determining
ScreenSize property
example
selecting multiple objects
selection button
semilogx, properties changed by
semilogy, properties changed by
set
ShareColors property
ShowHiddenHandles property
size of computer screen
spline
stairs <1> <2>
stairstep plot
starting plot edit mode
statistics
formatting plots of
plotting <1> <2>
saving to workspace
stem
stem plots
3-D
overlaid with line plot
stem3 <1> <2>
string variable, in text
subplot
sum
surfc
symbols, TeX characters

tag
specifying value of
TeX
available characters
creating mathematical symbols
symbols in text <1> <2>
text
adding to Axes <1> <2>
annotating graphs
annotations, adding
editing
for labeling plots
horizontal and vertical alignment
multiline
placing dynamically, example
placing outside of axes
positioning
TeX characters
using variables in
thin line styles
tick marks, on axes <1> <2>
TIFF
title
adding to a graph
toolbar
buttons <1> <2> <3> <4>
truecolor
dithering on indexed systems

Uicontrol graphics objects
Uimenu graphics objects
uint16 arrays
operations supported on
storing images
uint16 arrays
converting uint16 to double <1> <2>
uint8 arrays
operations supported on
storing images
uint8 arrays
converting to double
converting uint8 to double
units
axes
used by figures
unlocking axes position
unselecting objects

vectors
displaying velocity
velocity vectors displayed with quiver
VerticalAlignment property
view
rotating
visibility of graphics objects

XWD

Z-buffer
printing

 Line Styles Used for Plotting - LineStyleOrder