How to search and replace "*" if after * is no space?

[NoWonder1]

If I copy text from sources like LLM ChatBox, they often add ** or * as bolding text or as a topic.

If I want to remove *-characters, I use Search - Replace “*” to empty, which should work, but LibreOffice do not find *-characters if there is no space after “*”. Is this typical behavior, or a bug?

Version: 24.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 420(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fi-FI (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Calc: threaded

[mikekaganski]

Provide an example of exact text that you have in Writer; and the screenshot if the Find & Replace dialog with the search text (and all options shown).

[LeroyG]

@NoWonder1

if there is no space after “*”

In the Find box or in the document?

[NoWonder1]

Thank you for comments. This was perhaps broken install, because after apt remove and install problem is gone. At least I am not able to reproduce the problem. Procedure for testing:

Copy something from ChatGPT/Mistral/DeepSeek with bolded topics (Ctrl + c), Paste Special to Writer when bolded lines got * text * and topcis got text (seems to turn bold here too, so star star text star star). Go to Writer Edit - Find and Replace (Ctrl + h), find “*” and replace: empty. Then Replace all. Previously Writer was able to remove *-characters if there were not character just after *, meaning *text did not work, but * text worked.

[Wanderer]

@NoWonder1

seems to turn bold here too,

that is Markdown-Syntax, and yes on this ask-site/discourse also possible.