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In order to emphasize text the command \emph can be used which usually displays the text in an italics font: This is some text with \emph{emphasized words}.

The command \sout of the package ulem strikes through a text: \sout{This text is striked through} The package ulem redefines the command \emph. When you do not want to have this behavior you can use the package ulem with the option normalem: \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}

In order to typeset text in bold, use \textbf: \textbf{This text is typeset in bold.}