The exact answer to this one is lost in the foggy muck of tradition, but history gives us a few clues. Like a great many things, Americans borrowed industrial paper production techniques from the ...

The default document size in Microsoft Word is 8.5-by-11 inches -- regular letter paper. However, the paper size for any document can be changed, whether it's an existing document or a new document.

The common letter-sized paper used in Europe and in most locations outside of North America. At 8.3 x 11.7" (210x297mm), A4 paper is slightly narrower and a little longer than "A" size 8.5 x 11" paper ...

You realize that your Word document will fit in a smaller-sized sheet and doesn't need to take up a letter-size memo. The good news is that you don't have to reformat your Word document -- simply ...