Here is an adaptation to Martin's answer at Cool Text Highlighting in LaTeX where I have defined \tikzst
based on Martin's \tikzul
.
This shows examples of
- strike out and underlining
- strike out and highlighting

Note:
Usually, \tikzmark
solutions require two runs. As there are nested uses of \tikzmark
, this require at three runs. (Thanks @Werner for pointing this out).
The additional run is required as the nested tikzmark
's locations depends on the location of the parent's \tikzmark
. So, the first run stabilizes the location of the "outer" \tikzmark
, the second stabilizes the location of the "inner" \tikzmark
, and the third to do the actual drawing.
The \tikzmark
is from Adding a large brace next to a body of text.
Code:
\documentclass[twoside,11pt]{book}
\usepackage{zref-abspage}
\usepackage{zref-user}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{atbegshi}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathmorphing}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\currentsidemargin}{%
\ifodd\zref@extract{textarea-\thetextarea}{abspage}%
\oddsidemargin%
\else%
\evensidemargin%
\fi%
}
\newcounter{textarea}
\newcommand{\settextarea}{%
\stepcounter{textarea}%
\zlabel{textarea-\thetextarea}%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
% Helper nodes
\path (current page.north west) ++(\hoffset, -\voffset)
node[anchor=north west, shape=rectangle, inner sep=0, minimum width=\paperwidth, minimum height=\paperheight]
(pagearea) {};
\path (pagearea.north west) ++(1in+\currentsidemargin,-1in-\topmargin-\headheight-\headsep)
node[anchor=north west, shape=rectangle, inner sep=0, minimum width=\textwidth, minimum height=\textheight]
(textarea) {};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand\xlipsum[1][]{{\let\par\relax\lipsum*[#1]}}
\tikzset{tikzul/.style={yshift=-.75\dp\strutbox}}
\newcounter{tikzul}%
\newcommand\tikzul[1][]{%
\begingroup
\global\tikzullinewidth\linewidth
\def\tikzulsetting{[#1]}%
\stepcounter{tikzul}%
\settextarea
\zlabel{tikzul-begin-\thetikzul}%
\tikz[overlay,remember picture,tikzul] \coordinate (tikzul-\thetikzul) at (0,0);% Modified \tikzmark macro
\ifnum\zref@extract{tikzul-begin-\thetikzul}{abspage}=\zref@extract{tikzul-end-\thetikzul}{abspage}
\else
\AtBeginShipoutNext{\tikzul@endpage{#1}}%
\fi
\bgroup
\def\par{\ifhmode\unskip\fi\egroup\par\@ifnextchar\noindent{\noindent\tikzul[#1]}{\tikzul[#1]\bgroup}}%
\aftergroup\endtikzul
\let\@let@token=%
}
\newlength\tikzullinewidth
\def\tikzul@endpage#1{%
\setbox\AtBeginShipoutBox\hbox{%
\box\AtBeginShipoutBox
\hbox{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture,tikzul]
\draw[#1]
let \p1 = (tikzul-\thetikzul), \p2 = ([xshift=\tikzullinewidth+\@totalleftmargin]textarea.south west) in
\ifdim\dimexpr\y1-\y2<.5\baselineskip
(\x1,\y1) -- (\x2,\y1)
\else
let \p3 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin]textarea.west) in
(\x1,\y1) -- +(\tikzullinewidth-\x1+\x3,0)
% (\x3,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
(\x3,\y1)
\myloop{\y1-\y2+.5\baselineskip}{%
++(0,-\baselineskip) -- +(\tikzullinewidth,0)
}%
\fi
;
\end{tikzpicture}%
}}%
}%
\def\endtikzul{%
\zlabel{tikzul-end-\thetikzul}%
\ifnum\zref@extract{tikzul-begin-\thetikzul}{abspage}=\zref@extract{tikzul-end-\thetikzul}{abspage}
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture,tikzul]
\expandafter\draw\tikzulsetting
let \p1 = (tikzul-\thetikzul), \p2 = (0,0) in
\ifdim\y1=\y2
(\x1,\y1) -- (\x2,\y2)
\else
let \p3 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin]textarea.west), \p4 = ([xshift=-\rightmargin]textarea.east) in
(\x1,\y1) -- +(\tikzullinewidth-\x1+\x3,0)
(\x3,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
(\x3,\y1)
\myloop{\y1-\y2}{%
++(0,-\baselineskip) -- +(\tikzullinewidth,0)
}%
\fi
;
\end{tikzpicture}%
\else
\settextarea
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture,tikzul]
\expandafter\draw\tikzulsetting
let \p1 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin,yshift=-.5\baselineskip]textarea.north west), \p2 = (0,0) in
\ifdim\dimexpr\y1-\y2<.5\baselineskip
(\x1,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
\else
let \p3 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin]textarea.west), \p4 = ([xshift=-\rightmargin]textarea.east) in
(\x3,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
(\x3,\y2)
\myloop{\y1-\y2}{%
++(0,+\baselineskip) -- +(\tikzullinewidth,0)
}
\fi
;
\end{tikzpicture}%
\fi
\endgroup
}
% -------------------------------------------------------------- Additions by Peter Grill
\tikzset{tikzst/.style={yshift=0.5\dp\strutbox}}
\newcounter{tikzst}%
\newcommand\tikzst[1][]{%
\begingroup
\global\tikzstlinewidth\linewidth
\def\tikzstsetting{[#1]}%
\stepcounter{tikzst}%
\settextarea
\zlabel{tikzst-begin-\thetikzst}%
\tikz[overlay,remember picture,tikzst] \coordinate (tikzst-\thetikzst) at (0,0);% Modified \tikzmark macro
\ifnum\zref@extract{tikzst-begin-\thetikzst}{abspage}=\zref@extract{tikzst-end-\thetikzst}{abspage}
\else
\AtBeginShipoutNext{\tikzst@endpage{#1}}%
\fi
\bgroup
\def\par{\ifhmode\unskip\fi\egroup\par\@ifnextchar\noindent{\noindent\tikzst[#1]}{\tikzst[#1]\bgroup}}%
\aftergroup\endtikzst
\let\@let@token=%
}
\newlength\tikzstlinewidth
\def\tikzst@endpage#1{%
\setbox\AtBeginShipoutBox\hbox{%
\box\AtBeginShipoutBox
\hbox{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture,tikzst]
\draw[#1]
let \p1 = (tikzst-\thetikzst), \p2 = ([xshift=\tikzstlinewidth+\@totalleftmargin]textarea.south west) in
\ifdim\dimexpr\y1-\y2<.5\baselineskip
(\x1,\y1) -- (\x2,\y1)
\else
let \p3 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin]textarea.west) in
(\x1,\y1) -- +(\tikzstlinewidth-\x1+\x3,0)
% (\x3,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
(\x3,\y1)
\myloop{\y1-\y2+.5\baselineskip}{%
++(0,-\baselineskip) -- +(\tikzstlinewidth,0)
}%
\fi
;
\end{tikzpicture}%
}}%
}%
\def\endtikzst{%
\zlabel{tikzst-end-\thetikzst}%
\ifnum\zref@extract{tikzst-begin-\thetikzst}{abspage}=\zref@extract{tikzst-end-\thetikzst}{abspage}
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture,tikzst]
\expandafter\draw\tikzstsetting
let \p1 = (tikzst-\thetikzst), \p2 = (0,0) in
\ifdim\y1=\y2
(\x1,\y1) -- (\x2,\y2)
\else
let \p3 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin]textarea.west), \p4 = ([xshift=-\rightmargin]textarea.east) in
(\x1,\y1) -- +(\tikzstlinewidth-\x1+\x3,0)
(\x3,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
(\x3,\y1)
\myloop{\y1-\y2}{%
++(0,-\baselineskip) -- +(\tikzstlinewidth,0)
}%
\fi
;
\end{tikzpicture}%
\else
\settextarea
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture,tikzst]
\expandafter\draw\tikzstsetting
let \p1 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin,yshift=-.5\baselineskip]textarea.north west), \p2 = (0,0) in
\ifdim\dimexpr\y1-\y2<.5\baselineskip
(\x1,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
\else
let \p3 = ([xshift=\@totalleftmargin]textarea.west), \p4 = ([xshift=-\rightmargin]textarea.east) in
(\x3,\y2) -- (\x2,\y2)
(\x3,\y2)
\myloop{\y1-\y2}{%
++(0,+\baselineskip) -- +(\tikzstlinewidth,0)
}
\fi
;
\end{tikzpicture}%
\fi
\endgroup
}
% --------------------------------------------------------------
\def\myloop#1#2#3{%
#3%
\ifdim\dimexpr#1>1.1\baselineskip
#2%
\expandafter\myloop\expandafter{\the\dimexpr#1-\baselineskip\relax}{#2}%
\fi
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[red]{text text text text \tikzst[black, ultra thick]{text text text text text
text text text text text text text text} text text text
text text text text} text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
{\tikzset{tikzul/.style={yshift=1ex}}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit,
vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis. Curabitur dictum gravida
mauris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna.
Donec vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus
et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra
metus rhoncus sem. Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices. Phasellus
eu tellus sit amet tortor gravida placerat. Integer sapien est, iaculis in, pretium
quis, viverra ac, nunc. Praesent eget sem vel leo ultrices bibendum. \tikzul[line width=1.5\ht\strutbox,semitransparent,yellow]{Aenean
faucibus. Morbi dolor nulla, \tikzst[black, ultra thick]{malesuada eu, pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur auctor semper nulla. Donec varius orci eget risus. Duis nibh mi, congue
eu, accumsan eleifend, sagittis quis}, diam. Duis eget orci sit amet orci dignissim
rutrum.}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
test
}
\begin{quote}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[red]{text text text \tikzst[black, ultra thick]{text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text} text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
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text text text text} text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
\end{quote}
{\tikzset{tikzul/.style={yshift=.5ex}}
\begin{quote}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
\begin{quote}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[green]{text text \tikzst[black, ultra thick]{text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text
text text text text text text text}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text} text text text text text text text
\end{quote}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
\end{quote}
\large
new text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[red]{first text text text text \tikzst[black, ultra thick]{text text text text
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teXt teXt teXt} teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt
teXt teXt teXt last} teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt teXt
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[red]{text text text text text text text text text
text text\par\noindent text text text text text text text text text
text text text text} text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
}
\begin{itemize}
\item \tikzul{test test test} test
\item test \tikzul{test test test} test
\item aa \tikzul{test test test} test
\item b \tikzul{test test
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
test} test
\end{itemize}
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[red]{text text text text text text text text text
text text
text text text text text text text text text
text text text text} text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text
text text \tikzul[red]{text text text text text text text text text
text text
\noindent text text text text text text text text text
\par text text text text} text text text text text text text
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\end{document}