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-- DanGrimm - 08 Sep 2006

Definition: 'A' size or 'A' series is a set of paper sizes established by the International Standards Organization (ISO). AThe size of the paper goes down as the number goes up, and each is half the size of the previous e.g. two A4 sheets make up an A3 piece and two A5 sheets make up an A4 sheet.

'A' size	size in millimetres	approx inches
A0	841 x 1189 mm	33.1 x 46.8
A1	594 x 841 mm	23.4 x 33.1 Normal dept. Poster size
A2	420 x 594 mm	16.5 x 23.4
A3	297 x 420 mm	11.7 x 16.5 normal test print size manual feed
A4	210 x 297 mm	8.3 x 11.7
A5	148 x 210 mm	5.8 x 8.3
A6	105 x 148 mm	4.1 x 5.8
A7	74 x 105 mm	2.9 x 41

Wikipedia has a good page on papersizes including a nice image of the overlapping/doubling of the A series sizes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size

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