User`s guide
Desktop Tools and Development Environment
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• You now search for files by clicking the search button in the address bar. In previous
versions, the search feature, referred to as the filter field, appeared if your preference
was set to display it.
• File descriptions now appear below the file name. In previous versions, they displayed
in a column.
For more information about the new features, see Managing Files in MATLAB.
File Exchange Desktop Tool — Find and Get Files Created by Other Users
Watch this video, MATLAB File Exchange Access, or review the following summary of
what you can do with the new File Exchange desktop tool:
• Access user-created files from the File Exchange repository. The files are at MATLAB
Central, the community area of the MathWorks Web site.
• Use the files in your own work to save time and get new ideas.
• Work with the file repository from within the MATLAB desktop.
• Use features like those found in the Web site interface to the File Exchange
repository.
The File Exchange desktop tool offers these main features:
• Find files by searching and by selecting tags (keywords associated with files).
• Sort results. For example, show the most highly rated or the most recent files first.
• View details about a file.
• Download files to use in MATLAB.
• Provide feedback about files.
To open the File Exchange tool, select Desktop > File Exchange.