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Subject:Re: Standard European Book Sizes From:reni -at- intellitel -dot- com To:techwr-l Date:Mon, 17 Jan 2000 7:57:24
> On the other hand, if you are delivering the documentation
> electronically for the user to print on an office laser printer, you
> should design it for A4 paper, much as you would design an American
> manual for letter paper.
>
> > 7.5" x 9" seems pretty standard in the U.S. but my customer is a German
> > firm. I want to make sure I give them something standard that German
> > printers will recognize.
As Dick said, if you deliver the documentation to be printed (somewhere) in
Europe, I suggest you to use A4 size (8,27" x 11,69" ~ 8 1/4 x 11 2/3). You
may also use other A-sizes or even B-sizes. See
