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Strikethrough text
I am writing an article in LaTeX 2e. Part of the article describes the Sieve of Eratosthenes, and I want to show examples of how multiples of a prime are removed from the sieve by showing them in a ...
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Crossing out sentences
I had to cross out a sentence and I did it the following way, which is kinda sloppy.
$ ...
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Put a slash through a word
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 ...
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Write text above other text
What I would like to do is to make corrections to a document- to cross out some text using the ulem package and then to put the "correct" answer above it.
e.g.
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How to strike through obliquely, e.g. to indicate cancellation?
How can I strike through an expression (e.g. "2x") obliquely, e.g. from bottom left to top right, so as to indicate cancellation? With the \sout command from the ulem package, I can only strike ...
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Strikeout - when which package ? ( ulem vs soul vs …)
When to use which package for strikeout?
I see answers :
\usepackage{ulem}
\sout{Hello World}
or
\usepackage{soul}
\st{Hello world}
or
\usepackage{cancel}
\cancel{Hello world}
In what ...
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Double strikeout
I'm using the ulem for strikethrough, but need two formats of strikethrough. I'm currently using \dout{text} which looks good, but the second\xout{text} makes the base text a little too unreadable.
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How do I get the \cancel (strikeout) in Plain TeX?
I've searched both online and in the TexBook, but can not find a command or package.
Note, I am pretty new to TeX / LaTeX, but am currently trying to figure out how to do things in Plain TeX.
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In beamer, how to strike through an item after displaying
In a beamer frame I have a item list
\begin{itemize}
\item<1-> World peace
\item<2-> Peace in our neighbourhood
\end{itemize}
How can I strike through the first item on the second ...
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Strikeout in math mode
How can I strikeout words in math mode (similar to \sout with \usepackage{ulem} in text mode)? I've tried \usepackage{cancel} and \(\cancel{1+1=2}\) but that draws a diagonal line.
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Diagonal strikeout starting too low and ending too high
I want to strikeout an equation with diagonal line but I've not managed to get the diagonal line to draw as I want. The closest I've gotten is via the first example in Frédéric's answer of \cancel ...
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Strikeout in different color appears behind letters, not on top of them
When using package ulem's strikeout facilities (macro \sout) and also color in my text, the strikethrough appears behind the letter string:
\documentclass{article} % I also often work with the memoir ...
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Strikethrough in Section Title
I am currently using ulem and \sout to do strikethroughs, but what if I want to strikethrough in a section title?
I'm using hyperref and receive the following error when I use \section{\sout{..}}:
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Is there a nice way to make a strikethrough for the square subset character in LaTeX?
I am working on some math that uses the square subset notation. I need a good way to strikethrough the character in LaTeX.
I have tried using the package "cancel" but the strikethrough it produces ...
