Copy matlab figure in Libreoffice in Linux

I am using Linux. I have a matlab figure that I need to copy and paste directly into Libre Office Linux. There is no "copy figure" option in the edit drop down list like there is in Windows. Any suggestion?

[Walter Roberson]

When it is inside LibreOffice does it need to be interactive? Zoom and rotate?

[JD]

No need to have the figure be interactive in Libre Office. No need to rotate and zoom.

[Nicolas B.]

Personnaly, because Libre Office is supporting you to write a report, I would export into an image, like a png (see the export documentation).

[Himanshu Giria]

Why not save it to pdf

Answer 1

[Richard Quist]

There are a couple options for copying the figure to the clipboard on Linux.

For recent versions of MATLAB (R2020a or later) you can use the copygraphics command:

% This example assumes that 'fig' is the handle to your figure. 
% In R2020a and later, you can use the copygraphics command and specify 
%   the 'ContentType' as 'vector' (to ensure tightly cropped, scalable output): 
copygraphics(fig, 'ContentType', 'vector'); 

For older versions (since R2016a, I think) you can use the print command with the -clipboard option

% This example assumes that 'fig' is the handle to your figure. 
% Use the print command and specify the -clipboard option and desired
% format

% Specify -dpdf and '-painters' to ensure scalable output
print(fig, '-clipboard', '-dpdf', '-painters'); 
% or specify -dbitmap to copy as an image
print(fig, '-clipboard', '-dbitmap');

I hope that helps.