Paper Sizes - commonly used in U.S. Offices

Office paper sizes as Letter, Legal, Tabloid and more

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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 x 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
US, Imperial paper	(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 (U.S. Goverment from 1980)	215.9 x 279.4	8 1/2 x 11
Photo 4 x 6	102 x 152	4 x 6
Half Letter (Half Sheet)	139.7 x 215.9	5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Tabloid, US B, ANSI B	279.4 x 431.8	11 x 17
U.S. Government (before 1980)	203 x 267	8 x 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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