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- 1 page of A4 paper is composed of approximately 7 sheets of manuscript paper and about 1,400 characters.
- The length of the document may vary depending on the settings such as font, font size, and line spacing, so accurate measurement is required.
- It provides an approximate length for each type of work to help you estimate the length of the document.
Hello. Today, we will learn about the length of a document when writing online or in a word processing program.
When writing a self-introduction, a report, or a creative work, you need to check the length of the document.
Even if you don't have these purposes, it's good to develop a sense of the length of the document if you are practicing writing regularly.
One A4 sheet is about [7 pages of manuscript paper, 1,400 characters] .
This is the length calculated when starting a new page without any settings in the Hangeul program. In other words, it's based on the paper margin (top 20.0 mm bottom 15.0mm header 15.0mm footer 15.0mm left 30.0mm right 30.0mm binding 0.0mm) + the base font + Hamchorong font + font size 10 pt + line spacing 160%.
Of course, the number of manuscript pages and characters will change depending on the settings you make for your A4 paper, such as margins, font, font size, and line spacing. Therefore, if you need accurate measurements, please use the following methods.
■ If you are using the Hangeul (HWP) program, you can easily find out the number of characters by checking the [File] > [Document Information] > [Document Statistics] tab in the menu.
■ You can also find out the number of characters using the Saramin website's character counter / spell checker. It includes spaces, excludes spaces, and even calculates byte size, and it also automatically corrects simple typos, so you can use it conveniently.
http://www.saramin.co.kr/zf_user/tools/character-counter
A4 / Manuscript Paper / Number of Characters
1 A4 sheet / 7 pages of manuscript paper / 1,400 characters (short story)
2 sheets / 14 pages / 2,800 characters (short story/very short story, Chekhov's The Death of a Clerk)
4 sheets / 28 pages / 5,600 characters (1 episode of a web novel)
5 sheets / 35 pages / 7,000 characters
10 sheets / 70 pages / 14,000 characters (short story)
15 sheets / 105 pages / 21,000 characters
20 sheets / 140 pages / 28,000 characters (medium-length story, Kim Seung-ok's The Road to Mujin)
30 sheets / 210 pages / 42,000 characters
40 sheets / 280 pages / 56,000 characters (1 episode of a one-act drama)
50 sheets / 350 pages / 70,000 characters (medium-length story, Hermann Hesse's Demian)
60 sheets / 420 pages / 84,000 characters (Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea)
70 sheets / 490 pages / 98,000 characters
75 sheets / 525 pages / 105,000 characters (short novel)
80 sheets / 560 pages / 112,000 characters (Choi In-hoon's The Square)
90 sheets / 630 pages / 126,000 characters
100 sheets / 700 pages / 140,000 characters (long novel)
110 sheets / 770 pages / 154,000 characters
120 sheets / 840 pages / 168,000 characters
140 sheets / 1,000 pages
150 sheets / 1,050 pages / 210,000 characters (Remarque's Arch of Triumph)
640 sheets / 4,270 pages / 896,000 characters (16 episodes of a mini-series drama)
Based on the assumption that one A4 sheet is equal to 7 pages of manuscript paper, 1,400 characters, the approximate length of the work is calculated as follows. It's just a general idea of the length, so it's good to get a sense of it. The explanation in parentheses is also for reference only.
Thank you.