Installation guide

5 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations
You can also import data from a file. Select the file, ri ght-click, and select
Import Data from the context menu. The Import Wizard opens. See the
Import Wizard documentation for instructions to import the d ata.
Yo u can run a Windows shortcut d irectly from the Current Directory browser.
Double-click the shortcut icon in the Current Directory browser to perform
the Windows operation.
Function Alternative. Use the
open function to open a file in the tool
appropriate for the file, given its file extension. Default behavior is provided
for standard MATLAB file types. You can add other file types and override
the default behavior for the standard files. For
name.ext, open performs
the following actions.
File Type Extension Action
Figure file
fig
Opens figure name.fig in a figure
window.
HTML file
html
Opens H TML file name.html in the
MATLAB Web brow se r.
M-file
m
Opens M-file name.m in the
Editor/Debugger.
MAT-file
mat
Opens MAT-file name.mat in the Import
Wizard.
Model
mdl
Opens model name.mdl in Simulink.
PDF file
pdf
Opens the PDF file name.pdf in the
installed PDF re ader, for example,
Adobe Acrobat.
Project file
prj
Opens the project file name.prj in the
MATLAB Compiler D eplo ymen t Tool. If
the MATLAB Compiler or Deploym ent
Tool is not installed, opens the project
file in a text ed itor.
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