Paper Sizes - widely used in U.S. Offices

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ISO standard paper sizes are not common in United States and Canada. Instead paper formats as "Letter" (216 279 mm), "Legal" (216 356 mm), "Executive" (190 254 mm), and "Ledger/Tabloid" (279 432 mm) are widely used. The "Letter", "Legal", "Tabloid", and other formats (although not these names) are defined in the American National Standard ANSI X3.151.

US, Imperial paper Size
(mm) (inches)
Executive 184.2 x 266.7 7 x 10
Folio, F4 210 x 330 8 x 13
Foolscap E 203 x 330 8 x 13
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
Letter, US A, ANSI A 215.9 x 279.4 8 1/2 x 11
Photo 4 x 6 102 x 152 4 x 6
Statement, Half letter 139.7 x 215.9 5 x 8 1/2
Tabloid, US B, ANSI B 279.4 x 431.8 11 x 17
US Government 203.2 x 279.4 8 x 11

There is also an American National Standard ANSI/ASME Y14.1 Decimal inch drawing sheet size and format for technical drawing paper sizes - A (216 x 279 mm), B (279 x 432 mm), C (432 x 559 mm), D (559 x 864 mm), E (864 x 1118 mm), and there are also many other unsystematic formats for various applications in use.

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