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Question

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.

\dotuline{\fontfamily{augie}\selectfont{nach den}} Türkei

yields a handwritten answer on a dotted line. Using \usepackage{ulem}, this can be struck out:

\dotuline{\sout{\fontfamily{augie}\selectfont{nach den}}} Türkei

but I would also like to put in the corrected answer above the text, preferably without having to go into math mode and using \atop.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

can also be done with a simple tabular

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor,calc}

\newcommand\strikeout[2][]{%
 \begin{tabular}[b]{@{}c@{}} 
    \makebox(0,0)[cb]{\textcolor{blue}{#1}} \\[-0.2\normalbaselineskip]
     \rlap{\color{red}\rule[0.5ex]{\widthof{#2}}{0.5pt}}#2
 \end{tabular}}

\begin{document}

Now is the the time for all good \strikeout[citizens]{men} to come to the aid of 
their \strikeout{their} country.

\end{document}

Answer 2

You might be interested in the cancel package. Or something similar can be implemented in TikZ.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand{\strikeout}[2][]{%
    % usage: \strikeout[bar]{foo} strikes out foo and superimposes bar
    %        \strikeout{foo} strikes out foo.
    \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=0]
        \node[anchor=base,inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt] (main) {#2};
        \draw[red] ([yshift=0.5ex]main.base west) -- ([yshift=0.5ex]main.base east);
        \node[overlay,anchor=south,blue] at (main.north) (correction) {#1};
    \end{tikzpicture}%
}

\begin{document}

Now is the the time for all good \strikeout[citizens]{men} to come to the aid of their \strikeout{their} country.

\end{document}