Common paper size in Colombia - 8.5 X 13"

Bloom Bloom Feature Requests
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Would it be possible to add a new paper size to the list of many in BLOOM? In Colombia a very common paper size is “folio” or “oficio”, which is somewhat shorter than legal size paper - 8.5 X 13". Half this size (8.5 X 6.5") is very useful for books because it is a little wider than the half-letter size.

Thanks for your consideration!
Penelope

2

Yes Penelope, we can work on that. So in English, we would call this “Half Folio”?

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3

Yes, it would be “half folio”. Folio-size paper shows up on the printers I am accustomed to using, and it is 8.5 X 13" (not 13.5").

Thank you!

Penelope

4

Hi again,

I recently worked in Bolivia and discovered that this paper size (folio, 8.5 X 13) is very common there also, besides in Colombia. No doubt it is used in other Latin American countries also. Just wanted to confirm the request again since it is a very useful size for books. When folded in half the extra width allows more space for illustrations and primer material.

Thanks, Penelope

5

This has been completed and will be part of 6.1 which will become the Beta release before the end of the year.

6

Great! Thank you.
Penelope

7

Hi Andrew,

Just checking back about the half folio page size and the 6.1 Beta release. Is there a new proposed date for that release?

Thanks, Penelope

8

@Penelope_Pickens

Sorry for the delay on this. We plan to release 6.1 Beta this week.

9

This is now in the 6.1 Beta!

Here are the release notes.

10

Thank you! This should be very helpful. I investigated further and found that the only countries that use A4 (and A5) paper in the South Region of the Americas are Peru, Ecuador and Argentina.

But all of these others use letter size and “oficio” (folio): Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, Bolivia, Venezuela, and also Mexico.

I would recommend that you list the paper size in the Spanish listing as “medio oficio vertical” instead of “half folio portrait”.

Another topic: How can we add the Alpha Tiles link for a particular language to the Bloomlibrary.org website?

Thanks,

Penelope Pickens

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Thanks, @Penelope_Pickens.

Regarding the translation,
for Spanish, we have “Medio folio, vertical.” Unfortunately, this got translated but not approved before our initial Beta release. So to see in in the UI currently, you need to turn on unapproved translations (see screenshot below).
However, I’ve suggested to the translator that it will be more consistent with the other translations to have “Medio folio Vertical.”
We’ll have an update in a future release of the Beta.

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Regarding Alpha Tiles, please create a new topic to post that question to. Then others will benefit from seeing the answer.

Andrew