ISO 216:2007规定了书写纸和某些印刷品的裁剪尺寸。 它适用于行政、商业和技术用途的裁剪纸张，也适用于某些类别的印刷品，如表格、目录等。 它不一定适用于报纸、出版的书籍、海报或其他可能是单独国际标准主题的特殊物品。 ISO 216:2007还规定了修整板材的机器方向指示方法。

ISO 216:2007 specifies the trimmed sizes of writing paper and certain classes of printed matter. It applies to trimmed sizes of paper for administrative, commercial and technical use, and also to certain classes of printed matter, such as forms, catalogues, etc. It does not necessarily apply to newspapers, published books, posters or other special items which may be the subject of separate International Standards. ISO 216:2007 also specifies the method for the indication of the machine direction for trimmed sheets.