Why am I unable to save a figure as a full page PDF-file in MATLAB?

When I save my figure to a PDF file, there is no option to make it fill the page, as there is when I print it. For example,

figure

plot(rand(100 ,2))

Then I use the "File->Save As" menu option and select the PDF file type.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to save a figure as a PDF-file which fills the page is not available in MATLAB.

To work around this issue, you can change the size of the figure and then save it to a PDF-file.

For example, the following code sets the size of the figure to 8.5-by-11 inches:

   figure

   plot(rand(100 ,2))

   set(gcf,'units','inches')

   old_pos = get(gcf,'position');  % save current "position" to be restored later

   set(gcf,'Position',[0 0 8.5 11])

Then save the file in a PDF format using the "File->Save As" menu option.

You can restore the figure back to its original size using the "old_pos" variable:

   set(gcf,'position', old_pos)

[LO]

I can't export a figure as PDF neither through the manual export from the fig menu, or through the print command, or the saveas command.

Apparently this happens randomly: some figures are saved as PDF other figures not.