On Mar 29, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:
>
> I can never remember what all these Axxx sizes are.  Here in the US  
> normal
> paper is 8 1/2 x 11 inches.  That is what 99.9% of ordinary people  
> will have
> their printers loaded with.  If your document doesn't print well on  
> that
> size, people will get pissed off.  There is also "legal" size used by
> lawyers and the like.  I think it's the same width but taller.  Unless
> you're catering to lawyers or maybe legislators, you want to forget  
> about
> that size.
>

This is one of those cases where we Americans differ from the rest of  
the world.  90% of the world (excluding the USA, Canada, and to some  
extent, Mexico) use ISO defined paper sizes.  8.5 x 11, 8.4 x 14, etc  
do not fall within these standards.  It would seem as globalization  
becomes ever more common, that we (USA) would adopt the standards used  
throughout the rest of the world.  Why are we always the holdout?

Joe

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