LaTeX tricks

Here is a collection of useful latex tricks I have been using in my papers.

How to add "sticky note" annotations to your manuscript

In the preamble of the document, add
\usepackage{todonotes}


For sticky notes:
\todo{your sticky note comment}

For notes placed in the text:
\todo[inline]{your sticky note comment}

For a missing figure box, such that you want to remind yourself to add a plot there later:

\missingfigure{figure description}

Read this for more options and the documentation of the todonotes package.

How to highlight or cross-out text

In the preamble of the document, add
\usepackage{color, soul}
\setstcolor{red}


For highlighted text:
\hl{your highlighted text}

For crossing-out text:

Check this out for more options.

For commenting out larger chunks of text

In the preamble of the document, add
\usepackage{verbatim}


Then put the text you want to comment out inside the environment:
\begin{comment}
everything your want to not show up in the document
\end{comment}

Can be way more powerful and faster than appending the % character to the beginning of each line.