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;Files: 
Note: Wikipedia automatically changes the first letter of a filename to uppercase. To avoid warnings in Matlab, save the file in lowercase.

;[[File: saver.m]]
;[[File: export_fig.zip]]
First install the export_fig toolbox in a folder that is in the Matlab path. The export_fig toolbox can save dashed and dotted lines in a proper way, which is not possible using the standard Matlab 'print' function.


;Description: A tool to save a figure exactly as it is displayed on screen (wysiwyg)
    
    Usage:   saver(name,fignumber,path,filetype)
 
    Inputs:  name:      name of the file (without extension)
             fignumber: (optional) figure number (default: current figure)
             path:      (optional) where to save the file (default: current dir)
             filetype:  (optional) which filetype e.g. 'pdf', 'eps', 'png', etc. (default: '.pdf')
    
    Outputs: name.pdf (or different extension if chosen)

Saves figure(fig) to ''name.pdf'' in the current directory (or in path). 
Especially useful in combination with the print preparation tool (setplot.m)


;Author: Rob Hoogendijk