https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607

V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
           See Also|                            |https://bugs.documentfounda
                   |                            |tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14
                   |                            |2574
                 CC|                            |[email protected],
                   |                            |olivier.hallot@libreoffice.
                   |                            |org,
                   |                            |[email protected]
          Component|Writer                      |Documentation
             Blocks|                            |146076

--- Comment #6 from V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> ---
Actually the help article (par_id3153414) is not accurate. 

Calc ICU lib regexp search/replace are a bit less "global" than ICU regexp
searches in Writer.  And there is also "match" mode for wildcard and
interoperability with Excel XLS and XLSX sheet formats. [1][2][3]

In other words, full document search and replace with ICU lib regular
expressions *already* works by default in all modules. With the F&R dialog
offering an "off" mode toggle in Writer or Calc 

While the "Replace" field of the F&R dialog does not directly execute the
regexp.

The comment "will work only within one paragraph..." in the help article
(par_id3153414)  should have been removed when Wildcard content was reworked
for bug 142574 [4]. 

A broader rework of regexp (more seamless use) is in see also bug 38261. 

IMHO this bug reports a documentation issue.

=-ref-=
[1]
https://books.libreoffice.org/en/CG24/CG2402-EnteringandEditingData.html#toc72
[2] https://books.libreoffice.org/en/WG75/WG7503-TextAdvanced.html#toc15
[3]
https://help.libreoffice.org/24.8/en-US/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.html?DbPAR=WRITER
[4] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/120573


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146076
[Bug 146076] [META] Find & Replace Regular Expressions
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