Copying and Deleting Axes
You can cut, copy, paste, and clear axes in figure windows.
- 1
. - Start plot edit mode.
- 2
. - Select the axes you want to copy or delete, and then select the appropriate
editing item from the Edit menu, for example, Cut, or use the standard
shortcut for your platform such as Ctrl+X for Cut on Windows.
- Alternatively, you can right-click on the axes and select an editing item from
the pop-up menu.

- Note that if you want to copy axes to another figure window and want the
axes to appear in the same position in the other figure window, lock the
position for the axes you are copying before you select Copy.
- 3
. - If you selected Cut or Copy, you can now Paste the axes in a figure window.
- Click at the location in the figure window where you want the axes to
appear. This can be in the same figure window or a different figure
window. If in a different figure window, plot edit mode must be on in that
window.
- Select Paste from the Edit menu, or use the standard shortcut for your
platform, for example, Ctrl-V on Microsoft Windows. If you are pasting
into a figure window that already contains axes, you can right-click in
any axes and select Paste from the pop-up menu.
The axes is pasted in the figure window.
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