Text Formatting ⇒ New Command for bold Text on colored Background

[rawlins02]

I'm looking to define a command that will facilitate placement of bold text in a yellow background. Here is a start without the bold, that also fails to wrap. I've tried a number of options without much success.

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\def\comment{\colorbox{yellow}}{}

Suggestions please. Thanks.

[Johannes_B]

In order to help you, we need more information. What is going to happen, if the text is longer than one line, or longer than one paragraph.

Can you supply those info in form of a compilable minimal example?

Have a look at mdframed or todonotes.

[rawlins02]

In order to help you, we need more information. What is going to happen, if the text is longer than one line, or longer than one paragraph.

Can you supply those info in form of a compilable minimal example?

An example

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\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{color,comment}
\begin{document}
\def\comment{\colorbox{yellow}}{}

In the compiled output text in curly brackets extends beyond the right margin
\comment{ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz}

\end{document}

Have a look at mdframed or todonotes.

I have explored both. Prefer a simple bold text in yellow background that wraps normally

[Johannes_B]

Well, than have a look at Cool Text Highlighting in LaTeX.

The simplest approach would be soul:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[width=5.05cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{color,soul}

\begin{document}
\noindent\hl{Highlighting} text feels good.
You can draw attention of people to a \hl{word} or perhaps 
\hl{even a whole sentence that spans across multiple lines
in such a way that hyphenation etc. are not affected.}
\end{document}

Code taken from Caramdir.