Zine / Book –
making Templates
for Canva + Google Docs
Instructions for use
Our templates are designed in easy to use, free applications, to make designing and printing a zine, pamphlet, or book more accessible.
Sizes specified are the page/cover size of the final zine/book.
Quarter-letter
4.25 × 5.5 in.
Half-letter,
5.5 × 8.5 in.
Half-Legal,
7 × 8.5 in.
Half-Tabloid
8.5 × 11 in.
Don’t want to use google products or canva? Here are a few other options: Microsoft Word, Pages, InDesign, Scribus, Affinity Publisher. Really, any program that will let you input a custom document or canvas size (in inches) will work. The document size should always be the page/cover size of the final zine/book, in inches.
Printing a booklet at Open Copy for the first time? We recommend a document size of 5.5 x 8.5 inches (“statement”). We will help you format your project for booklet printing at Open Copy.