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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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### Why should the minimal class be avoided?

In a comment to my answer to Drawing a rectangle along the border of a circle, Peter Grill said that he read that the minimal class should not be used for a Minimal Working Example. I wonder why, and ...
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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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### Crossing out arrows

Is there a command/package that allows one to cross out arrows? I'm picturing something like an "X" over the $\to$ symbol. I am aware of the ulem package, which I think allows you to cross out text ...
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### \cancel draws under thing being canceled

I'm trying to use \cancel from the cancel package to strike out some colored text but it is apparent that the diagonal line is drawn first so it doesn't do a very good job of canceling. Minimal ...
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### Any way to change color of \not

I often use command \not just to cancel off symbols in my equations and i would need an advice on how to change the color of this command.
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### Formatting for dimensional analysis

I'd like to typeset a problem solution highlighting dimensional analysis in LaTeX. What is the best way to format the following in LaTeX? 1.345 g | 0.5 L | 1000 cm^3 ---------|-------|-----------...
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### How do I use \ifcommandkey , or how do I check if a key was given?

I'm trying to create a keycommand with optional arguments, but I can't get it to work. I looked at Comparing an argument to a string when argument is a result of a command with etoolbox and although ...
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### How can I fill a table cell with a dash in tabular?

I have a basic table in the tabular environment, and I want to fill a cell with a dash, to show that there is nothing to go in that cell. I've tried just using dash, but can't get one that's long ...
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### Active ! Character Hangs within TikZ

The MWE below makes the ! active in math mode using the solution from Make Characters Active via Macro in Math Mode and uses the tikz \hcancel via Diagonal strikeout starting too low and ending too ...