User`s guide

1 Getting Started
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How MATLAB Report Generator and MATLAB Software Interact
The MATLAB Report Generator and MATLAB software interact to create reports. You
can access the Report Explorer from the MATLAB command line.
The following table summarizes these interactions.
User Interface MATLAB Report Generator Interaction Description
Report
Explorer
The Report Explorer provides
a graphical interface. For more
information, see “Report Explorer” on
page 1-8.
Use the Report Explorer to edit
existing report templates, components,
stylesheets, and attributes, or to
customize your own.
MATLAB
command line
Enter commands at the MATLAB
command line to:
• Start the Report Explorer
• Create and modify report template
files
• Apply stylesheets
• Specify output formats for reports
• Generate reports
The following MATLAB commands work
with the MATLAB Report Generator
software:
• report — Start the Report Explorer.
• setedit — Edit a report template
with the Report Explorer.
• rptconvert — Convert a source
file created by the report generation
process to the desired output format.
• rptlist — List .rpt files in the
current path.