How to make a HTML Page in A4 paper size page(s)?

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Is it possible to make a HTML page behave, for example, like a A4-sized page in MS Word?

Essentially, I want to be able to show the HTML page in the browser, and outline the content in the dimensions of an A4 size page.

For the sake of simplicity, I'm assuming that the HTML page will only contain text (no images etc.) and there will be no <br> tags for example.

Also, when the HTML page is printed, it would come out as A4-sized paper pages.

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15 Answers

Many ways to do:

Using millimeters mm:

html, body {
    width:  210mm;
    height: 297mm;
}

Using centimeters cm:

html, body {
    width:  21.0cm;
    height: 29.7cm;
}

Using points pt:

html, body {
    width:  595pt;
    height: 842pt;
}
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<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"/>
    <title>DIN A4 Page</title>
    <style type="text/css">
        @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm }
        p { line-height: 120%; text-align: justify; background: transparent }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim
ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in
culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim
ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. 
</p>
</body>
</html>
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