Why am I not able to copy and paste a map figure into Word

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heena_hushen - 2022-02-11T10:45:34+00:00
Question: Why am I not able to copy and paste a map figure into Word

Why am I not able to copy and paste a map figure into Word from the Mapping Toolbox 1.2 (R12 and R12.1)? If I create a map using the Mapping Toolbox 1.2 and try to paste it into Word, the map is a bunch of black lines. I have chosen the "Word" settings using the "Figure Copy Template" from "File-->Preferences...". The following code produces a sample map that aids to reproduce the problem:   load korea worldmap korea mesh(map, maplegend) demcmap(map)  

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    • Expert Answer

    Profile picture of Neeta Dsouza Neeta Dsouza answered . 2025-11-20

    This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 2 (R14SP2). For previous releases, read below for any possible workarounds:
     
    This is a bug in MATLAB.
     
    One way to work around this problem is to export the figure as a bitmap. You can do this by choosing the option in "File-->Preferences...-->Figure Copy Template-->Copy Options-->Clipboard Format-->Bitmap", then selecting Copy Figure from the figure's Edit menu.
     
    You could also use the following code to copy the figure to the clipboard.
     
    print -dbitmap

    Now you can paste the map from the clipboard into your Word document.


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