Editing Paper size (section)

==== Usage and adoption ====

US paper sizes are currently standard in the United States and are the most commonly used formats at least in the Philippines, most of [[Mesoamerica]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armada.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=251610&download=Y |title=Armada mil |access-date=12 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524053225/http://www.armada.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=251610&download=Y |archive-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Chile. The latter use US Letter, but their Legal size is 13 inches tall (recognized as ''Foolscap'' by printer manufacturers),<ref name="PWG"/> i.e. one inch shorter than its US equivalent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=91260 |title=Request for inclusion of Page Size 8.5"×13" |access-date=11 August 2008 |author-first=Rally |author-last=de Leon}}</ref>

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Mexico and Colombia, for instance, have adopted the ISO standard, but the US Letter format is still the system in use throughout the country. It is rare to encounter ISO standard papers in day-to-day uses, with {{lang|es|Carta}} (Letter), {{lang|es|Oficio}} (Government-Legal), and {{lang|es|Doble carta}} (Ledger/Tabloid) being nearly universal. Printer manufacturers, however, recognize {{lang|es|Oficio}} as {{cvt|13.4|inch|mm}} long.<ref name="PWG"/>

In Canada, select US paper sizes are a ''de facto'' standard.