Matlab: Paste figure into Microsoft Word or PowerPoint files

If Matlab figures are pasted into Microsoft Office applications such as Word and PowerPoint, the file becomes slow and the mouse icon is turning/loading.

I have figured out the following solution:

1. Select copy figure

2. Paste into an empty Word file.

3. Select the figure just pasted in the Word file and copy it.

4. Past into Gimp. You should NOT see this warning:

(If you see this error message, you probably directly pasted Matlab figure into Gimp. You cannot directly do this, so steps 2 and 3 are essential. The transparency can be preserved in this way.)

5. Select all in the image layer of Gimp and copy it.

6. Paste into the target Word/PowerPoint file.