Put a slash through a word

Question

I would like to write a word with a slash through it, using LaTeX (in text, not in math mode). That is, I want a line from the lower-left corner of the word through the upper-right. Is there a nice way to do this?

Answer 1

Load the cancel package and use \cancel{word}. Most of the commands from the package work in both math and text modes.

Answer 2

Following frabjous' advice, I seem to have discovered a bug in the cancel package: Cancelling at the start of a paragraph only works if you add \leavevmode.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{cancel}

\begin{document}

Some text.

% \cancel{Some text.}% Doesn't work
\leavevmode\cancel{Some text.}% Works

\end{document}

Answer 3

You might like to try the ulem package and use the command \sout{word} to strikeout a word.

Answer 4

You can use the strike out from the shapes.misc library in TikZ. See the sample code below:

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc}
\newcommand{\strikeout}[1]{%
\tikz[baseline, inner sep=0.5pt] \node [strike out,draw=OrangeRed,anchor=text]{#1};}
\begin{document}
Sample text \strikeout{strike} out.
\end{document} 

Answer 5

Another possibility with tikz.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc}
\newcommand*\cancel[2][thin]{\tikz[baseline] \node [strike out,draw,anchor=text,inner sep=0pt,text=black,#1]{#2};}  

\begin{document}   

First \cancel{word} canceled, second  \cancel[thick,draw=red]{attempt}

\end{document}