https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150843

            Bug ID: 150843
           Summary: Percentage Formatted cells are inconsistent in data
                    entry - Leading zeros create different results
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.7.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: heartwoodj...@gmail.com

Marked as MAJOR error as data entry in a spreadsheet is a fundamental basic
expectation and would lead to errors in calculation whilst leaving little
visual clue to the fault.

If a cell is formatted to Percentage Format (to 2 decimal places in this
example but that's not important), then typing the following figures gives
inconsistent results.

10   gives  10.00%
.1   gives  10.00%    If .1 is pasted, gives 10.00%
0.1  gives   0.10%    If 0.1 is pasted, gives 10.00%
1    gives   1.00%
.01  gives   1.00%
0.01 gives   0.01%

During typing, typed entries starting with a digit are rendered as percentages
during typing but entries starting with decimal point (not tested for other
locales e.g. decimal comma) assume non percentage format but then applies
format after entry.

Anyone entering a column of numbers could easily be caught out by this.  It
would appear like data entry error.

Reproduceable:  Always

Expected:  Consistency

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