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Make your MATLAB plots look like
Excel 2007 Plots!
Author: Stephen E.
Conover
Version: 1.1
Date: July 9, 2007
MATLAB Version: MATLAB Version 7.1.0.124 (R14) Service
Pack 3 (STUDENT)
License: MIT License
The MATLAB Theme function creates an appealing line graph by
mimicking the Microsoft Excel 2007 color schemes. This will make boring
and ugly MATLAB come alive with appropriate color schemes... all with
a single function call!
By default, the MATLAB line graphs are incredibly ugly. The colors
are too simple, lines are too thin, and the text is too small. On the
other hand, MS Excel 2007 contains an upgraded graphing engine that
utilizes an advanced renderer and special color schemes that really do
look good. With one easy call, theme() makes MATLAB graphs look like
Excel 2007.
Theme() is free to use under the MIT License (see
below).
Using the Themes
The theme function can be called in three different ways:
- Apply a theme to a figure
- Apply a theme to a single axes
- Apply a theme to all future plots as default
1. Apply a Theme to a Figure
To apply a theme to a figure, execute
theme(gcf, 'Office', false);
To get something like this:
2. Apply a Theme to an Individual Axes
If you pass the first parameter as a figure, the entire figure
(including all subplots) will be changes to the theme. If you pass
in a single axes, then only that one axes will be changed:
theme(gca, 'Office', false);
3. Apply a Theme as Default for All Future Plots
If you pass in zero (0) as the value for H, you are asking the
function to set that theme as the default for all future plots. The next
time you make a line graph, it will automatically have the theme you
requested.
Function Details
THEME(H, themeID, useMarkers, lineWidth,
markerSize, titleFontSize, axesFontSize)
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Parameter |
Description |
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H |
A handle to an axes or figure your would like to apply the theme
to, or zero (0) to indicate that the theme should be applied as
default to all future plots. (Default is 0) |
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themeID |
The string name (such as 'solstice', or 'verve') of the theme,
or the index (1-21) of the theme. (Default is 'office') |
| useMarkers |
Indicates whether to use markers or
not (default false, not used with H=0) |
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lineWidth |
The width of the line to use in the
theme (default is 3). |
| markerSize |
The size of the marker to use, if
any (default is 5) |
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titleFontSize |
The size of the title (default is
12pt) |
| axesFontSize |
The size of the text and markers on
the axes (default is 12pt) |
Complete Index of Themes
MIT LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2007 Steve Conover.
Permission is hereby granted, free of
charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the
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and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
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