Welcome to the MATLAB Notebook for Word!

Version 1.5.2
This document contains information on: 1. Getting Started 2. A Brief MATLAB Example 1. Getting Started The MATLAB Notebook is an interface for accessing MATLAB in a seamless manner through Microsoft Word.The Notebook interface allows commands created within a Word document to be sent to MATLAB for evaluation. The result of MATLAB's processing of the command is returned to Word and inserted in the document. Both text and graphical output from MATLAB are supported. The document which you are reading is a live MATLAB Notebook or M-book. You probably noticed that when this document was opened, the MATLAB program was started. This is so that commands entered in the M-book can be sent to MATLAB and evaluated. The best place to start with the Notebook is Chapter 2 of the MATLAB Notebook User's Guide. If you are impatient, on the next line type a MATLAB expression and press CtrlEnter. Working with the Notebook is easy! After perusing this document you will want to create an m-book of your own. To do this select New M-book from the File menu.

2. A Brief MATLAB Example

Here's an example of mixing MATLAB commands and free form text. Use MATLAB's magic function to generate a magic square matrix. Try changing the value in the parenthesis and then re-evaluate this M-book by pressing Alt-R. x=magic(12) x = Columns 1 through 8 144 2 3 141 13 131 130 16 25 119 118 28 108 38 39 105 96 50 51 93 61 83 82 64 73 71 70 76 60 86 87 57 48 98 99 45 109 35 34 112 121 23 22 124 12 134 135 9 Columns 9 through 12 136 10 11 133 21 123 122 24 33 111 110 36 100 46 47 97 88 58 59 85 69 75 74 72 81 63 62 84 52 94 95 49 40 106 107 37 117 27 26 120 129 15 14 132 4 142 143 1

140 17 29 104 92 65 77 56 44 113 125 8

6 127 115 42 54 79 67 90 102 31 19 138

7 126 114 43 55 78 66 91 103 30 18 139

137 20 32 101 89 68 80 53 41 116 128 5

The imagesc command creates an image of the matrix scaling the data for the colormap. For an explanation of the imagesc command, on the next line type "help imagesc" and press Ctrl-Enter. imagesc(x)

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