The behavior you're encountering, where MATLAB figures take focus away from Excel when they're created, could be due to MATLAB's default figure window behavior, which is to bring new figures to the front. This behavior isn't specific to Excel and can affect interaction with any other software. However, some users might notice it more with Excel due to the nature of their work.
set(0,'DefaultFigureCreateFcn','set(gcbf,''Visible'',''off'')');
set(0,'DefaultFigureVisible','off');
Add these lines at the beginning of your script. This sets the default figure creation function to make new figures invisible upon creation. After creating a figure and finishing your plotting commands, you can then make the figure visible:
figure;
% Your plotting commands here
set(gcf, 'Visible', 'on');
This should allow you to create figures without them popping up and stealing focus from Excel.
Another approach could be to batch process your data and then display all the figures at once after your computations are complete, minimizing interruptions during your work with Excel.
Remember, any changes to the default figure properties affect all figures created in the MATLAB session, so you might want to reset the defaults after your script is done if you expect standard behavior later in the session.
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