Editing Foolscap folio (section)

==Size==
A full (''plano'') foolscap<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paper-size.com/size/foolscap-imperial-sizes.html|title=Foolscap Size in CM - Imperial Paper Sizes|website=paper-size.com}}</ref> paper sheet is actually {{cvt|13+1/2|xx|17|in|sigfig=3}} in size, and a [[folio (printing)|folio]] sheet of any type is half the base sheet size.

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Foolscap folio
! Name !! inch × inch!! mm × mm !! [[aspect ratio|AR]] !! Characteristic
|-
! Foolscap folio
| 8½  ×  13½|| 216 × 343 ª || 1:1.5879 ||Imperial (half foolscap), printing
|-
! Foolscap folio
| 8  ×  13|| 203 × 330 || 1:1.6256 ||Traditional British, writing <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papersizes.org/old-imperial-sizes.htm|title=Foolscap Size & Dimensions For The Old British Imperial Paper Sizes|website=www.papersizes.org}}</ref>
|}
ª <small>[[Approximate]] measure in current use in [[Latin America]]: 216 x 341 [[Millimetre|mm]].</small>

[[Ring binder]]s or lever arch files designed to hold foolscap folios are often used to hold A4 paper ({{cvt|210|xx|297|mm|disp=comma|frac=8}}). The slightly larger size of such a binder offers greater protection to the edges of the pages it contains.