I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should be allowed to specify your own.
I can symphatize with that view.
There are some practical issues involved though. For example, when you post documents on an internet site for the visitors to print out themselves, you often need them and/or want them to be formatted in one specific way which means you need to know what paper size the visitor will print the document on. Having to take two different paper sizes into account when creating the documents is more than enough of a time-waster. (In fact this discussion has led me to the conclusion that I'm not gonna waste more time on that anymore. From now on all PDF files produced for Musica Viva will be optimalized for A4 prints. If users want to print on some local/personal paper size, it's their problem, not mine.)
Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com
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