Paper Sizes - Commonly Used In U.S. Offices

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The ISO standard paper sizes are not commonly used in the United States and Canada. Instead paper formats like "Letter" (8.5 x 11 inches), "Legal" (8.5 x 14 inches), "Executive" (7×10 inches), and "Ledger/Tabloid" (11 x 17 inches) are widely used. The "Letter", "Legal", "Tabloid", and other formats (although not these names) are defined in the American National Standard ANSI X3.151.

Paper Sizes - commonly used in U.S. Offices

US, Imperial paper	Size
	(mm)	(inches)
	Commercial writing	216 x 279	8.5 x 11
	Denny	406 x 533	16 x 21
	Elephant	584 x 712	23 x 28
Executive	184.2 x 266.7	7×10
Folio	432 x 559	17 x 22
Folio F4	210 x 330	8 x 13
Folio note	140 x 215	5.5 x 8.5
Foolscap	305 x 406	12 x 16
Foolscap E	203 x 330	8 x 13
Half Letter (Half Sheet)	139.7 x 215.9	4 x 6
Imperial	584 x 787	23 x 31
Index Card 5 x 8	127 x 203	5 x 8
Ledger, ANSI B	279.4 x 431.8	11 x 17
Legal	215.9 x 355.6	8 1/2 x 14
Legal cap	216 x 356	8.5 x 14
Letter, U.S. A, ANSI A (U.S. Goverment from 1980)	215.9 x 279.4	8 1/2 x 11
Pocket note	152 x 241	6 x 9.5
Photo 4 x 6	102 x 152	19 x 24
Royal	483 x 700	5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Super royal	508 x 712	20 x 28
Tabloid, U.S. B, ANSI B	279.4 x 431.8	11 x 17
U.S. government writing (before 1980)	203 x 267	8×10 1/2

There is also the American National Standard ANSI/ASME Y14.1 Decimal inch drawing sheet size and format for technical drawing paper sizes and some other unsystematic formats for various applications in use.

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