Question: what is the difference between wide ruled and college ruled paper?
Answer: “Wide/legal ruled” conventionally means a 11/32nd inch (8.7 mm) spacing between horizontal lines and a 1¼ inch (32 mm) vertical margin on the left-hand side. “College/narrow ruled” conventionally is an 9/32nd (7.1 mm) line spacing with or without either a 1 inch (25.4 mm) or 1¼ inch (32 mm) vertical margin.