The paper length is not relevant since the chart flows from one page to the next.
Mobile
in.
mm
Portrait
2.75
70
For smart phones, not for printing
Landscape
5.5
140
For smart phones, not for printing
USA & Canada
in.
mm
Letter Portrait
8.5
216
Also Legal Portrait
Letter Landscape
11
279
Legal Landscape
14
356
Also Ledger Portrait
Ledger Landscape
17
432
International
in.
mm
A5 Portrait
5.82
148
A4 Portrait
8.25
210
Also A5 Landscape
A4 Landscape
11.71
297
Also A3 Landscape
A3 Landscape
16.54
420
The Text+ programs assume that the right and left margins are each about 25mm (1/2 inch) wide.
On the Format for Printing page, differences in page margins can be accommodated by the "fudge factor":
TNG Descendant Charts
Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.
Graphical formats
"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person,
but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page)
They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print,
but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart
with more than three or four generations of data,
you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF.
On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF,
but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes,
wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks
(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level.
When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)
Text formats
"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats.
They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart.
(That's good news and bad news).
In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling,
and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width
(albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode).
They are also much more flexible than the other formats,
with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports.
They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes.
But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense,
and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all;
they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.
Father: Thomas Skillman
(1637 Suffolk, England - Abt 1698 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA)
Mother: Sarah Petit
(Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA;1644 - 1704)
Thomas Skillman, Jr
(1671 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - 1740 Hellsgate Neck, Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA)
Annetje Aten
(Abt 1667 Flatbush, Kings County, New York, USA - Aft 1741 Long Island, New York, USA)
     ├─Peter Skillman
(Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA;1694 - Abt 1694)
     ├─Elizabeth Skillman
(1694 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 1718 New York, New York County, New York, USA)
     │      └─Ann Van de Water
(New York, New York County, New York, USA;1718 - 1718)
     ├─Jan (John) Skillman
(1696 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 1765 Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │ Anna Hull
(1711 - 1775 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      ├─Ocie or Agatha Skillman
(1730 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 1757 Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │ + John L Doty
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;4 Jun 1709 - 9 Nov 1757)
     │      ├─Christopher Skillman
(Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA;1732 - 1782)
     │      │ Ruth Fitzrandolph
(Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA;4 Jan 1735 - 1781)
     │      │      ├─Isaac Skillman
(24 Jul 1764 South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 1819 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Lydia Lindsey
(1779 Virginia, USA - 6 Jul 1864 Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA)
     │      │      ├─Asiah Sarah Skillman
(10 May 1766 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA - 1830 Jackson County, Alabama, USA)
     │      │      └─Rebecca Skillman
(11 Oct 1767 Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, USA - 15 Oct 1848 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │       + Charles Hutcheson, II
(Aug 1763 Amelia County, Virginia, USA - 11 Aug 1829 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Isaac Skillman
(Abt 1734 New Jersey, USA - )
     │      ├─Sarah Skillman
(1738 New Jersey, USA - )
     │      ├─Benjamin Skillman
(Abt 1740 New Jersey, USA - )
     │      ├─John Skillman
(1742 New Jersey, USA - Bef 1777 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │ Catharine Beekman
(1744 Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 1840 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
     │      │      ├─Christopher Skillman
(9 Feb 1767 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - Mar 1835)
     │      │      ├─Abraham Skillman
(1768 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 11 Dec 1862 Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      ├─John Skillman
(1770 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - 1858 Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │      │ + Catharine Skinner
(1768 New Jersey, USA - 1855 Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │      ├─Isaac Skillman
(1772 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - )
     │      │      └─William Skillman
(30 Mar 1777 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - 18 Sep 1862 Hendricks County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │       + Nancy Henton
(8 Sep 1788 Rockingham County, Virginia, USA - 21 Jul 1843 Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA)
     │      ├─Jacob Skillman
(1743 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 16 Nov 1821 Hamilton County, Ohio, USA)
     │      │      └─Abraham Skillman
(1782 New Jersey, USA - 16 Mar 1859 Hamilton County, Ohio, USA) =>
     │      ├─Thomas Skillman
(Abt 1730 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      ├─Hester Skillman
(1732 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      │ + William Paynter
     │      ├─Elizabeth Skillman
(9 Jul 1737 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 7 Jun 1807)
     │      │ John Morrell
(Connecticut, USA;1733 - 1816)
     │      │ :     └─Margaret Skillman Morrell
(9 Apr 1777 - 28 Apr 1878 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA)
     │       + Isaac Messerole
     ├─Isaac Skillman
(1706 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - 1799 Montgomery Twp, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │ Magdelena Beekman
(14 Nov 1711 Albany, Albany County, New York, USA - Aft 1742)
     │      ├─Thomas Skillman
(1727 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - Dec 1809 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │ Mary Beekman
(1733 Kings County, New York, USA - Jun 1819 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      ├─John Skillman
(10 Jan 1753 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 2 Dec 1835 Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      │ + Maria Veghte
(15 Dec 1751 Six Mile Run, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 16 Jul 1845)
     │      │      ├─Thomas Skillman
(10 Feb 1756 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 1796) =>
     │      │      │ + Elizabeth Stryker
(1759 - )
     │      │      ├─Ann Skillman
(20 Aug 1757 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - Fairfax County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      │ + Abraham Van Pelt
( - Fairfax County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Abraham B Skillman
(20 Jul 1759 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 10 Nov 1838 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Lucretia Van Zandt
(1763 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA - 31 Dec 1851 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      ├─Isaac Skillman
(1761 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Jacob Skillman
(28 Aug 1764 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA -      │      │      │ 13 Apr 1854 New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      ├─Catharine Skillman
(30 Jul 1766 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - )
     │      │      │ + Peter Vorhees
     │      │      ├─Joseph Skillman
(1768 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Cornelius Skillman
(1 Jan 1771 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 12 Jan 1853 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      └─Mary Skillman
(Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA;1772 - 3 Mar 1851)
     │      ├─Benjamin Skillman
(1729 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - 1807 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │ Nancy Ann Skillman
(1735 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 3 Mar 1795 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      ├─John Skillman
(Abt 1753 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Thomas Skillman
(18 Aug 1756 - 17 Aug 1823 New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      │ + Ursula Hunt
(20 Mar 1763 - 30 Sep 1832 New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      └─Abraham B Skillman
(Somerset County, New Jersey, USA;1766 - 21 Mar 1807) =>
     │      │       + Catharine Vorhees
(May 1778 Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - 1865 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      ├─Isaac Skillman
(Abt 1731 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 8 Jun 1799 Salem County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      └─Jacob Skillman
(Abt 1742 Montgomery Twp, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA - Aft 1817 Ohio, USA)
     ├─Jacob Skillman
(1708 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 8 Feb 1790 Kingston, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      ├─Jane Skillman
(1731 Flatlands, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      ├─John Skillman
(15 Feb 1733 Flatlands, Kings County, New York, USA - Kingston, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      ├─Margritte Skillman
(10 Dec 1753 Bushwyck, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      ├─Nancy Ann Skillman
(1735 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 3 Mar 1795 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │ Benjamin Skillman
(1729 Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA - 1807 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      │      └─ This couple were related to each other. Any descendants have been already been listed
     │      ├─Margaret Skillman
(1737 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      ├─Thomas22 Skillman
(1739 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      ├─Elizabeth Skillman
(1741 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      ├─Sarah Skillman
(1745 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     │      └─Mercy Skillman
(1747 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - )
     └─Joseph (Joost) Skillman
(Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA;1712 - 18 Apr 1772)
           ├─Thomas23 Skillman
(1736 Bushwyck, Kings County, New York, USA - 3 Mar 1814 Suffolk County, New York, USA)
           ├─William Skillman
(Abt 1739 Bushwyck, Kings County, New York, USA - )
           ├─Elizabeth Skillman
(1741 Bushwyck, Kings County, New York, USA - )