Paper Sizes - commonly used in U.S. Offices
Office paper sizes as Letter, Legal, Tabloid and more.
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.
| 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.
