Text Formatting ⇒ simple macro or newcommand for adding comments

[rawlins02]

I'm trying to define a simple new command to add text in bold with a yellow background. Some combination of the below or something similar.

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\newsavebox{\X}
\sbox{\X}{\textbf{\colorbox{yellow}{[framed black text]}}}
\usebox{\X}

or some part of:

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\def\comment{\colorbox{yellow}}{}
\comment{Text in yellow}

Something to enable colleagues new to LaTeX to add comments in bold w/ yellow background easily.

[cgnieder]

You can do

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\newcommand*\comment[1]{\colorbox{yellow}{\textbf{#1}}}
\begin{document}
\comment{bold text with yellow background}
\end{document}

Have you had a look at the packages todonotes, fixme, changes and fixmetodonotes? Maybe one of them does what you need.

Regards

[rawlins02]

I was unaware of those packages. Always amazes me how many things one can do with LaTex. Thanks.