What formula do i need to drag a column/line of fractions into one of percentages?

How do i automatically turn fractions into percentages in a neighboring cell and then drag-copy the formula along a whole column/line to turn all fractions into percentages in the neighboring column/line?

For this, there is a percentage format of the number that will be copied when filling in the cells.

Yes.
One column has simple fractions, fraction format. The column next to it has the percentage format. I am selecting a fraction from the first column and dragging it to the second column. Shouldn’t it appear as the equivalent percentage? Eg 4/5 turns into 80%. Correct? Instead, what i see is that 4/5 turns into 1 4/5 in the second column.

Drag while holding Ctrl, then apply Format as Percent (Ctrl+Shift+5 the 5 in the upper row of the keyboard).

Tested with LibreOffice 6.4.7.2 (x86); OS: Windows 6.1.


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