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.
Margaret (Peggy) Sigler
(8 Sep 1793 North Carolina, USA - 6 Aug 1878 Johnson Station, Tarrant County, Texas, USA)
William Hutcheson
(20 Feb 1790 Grainger County, Tennessee, USA - 8 Jun 1839 Rhea County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │ Mary Sarah Brown
(14 Feb 1813 Tennessee, USA - 11 Jun 1891)
:     │      ├─James Hutcheson
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;18 Jul 1834 - 20 Mar 1908)
:     │      │ Sarah Jane Smith
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;14 Jul 1834 - 16 Sep 1868)
:     │      │      ├─Marcellous Hutcheson
(10 Nov 1856 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Oct 1925 Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA) =>
:     │      │      │ + Martha Jane Evans
(19 Mar 1872 Tennessee, USA - 28 Jul 1931 Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │      │ + Ursaline Mary Worthington
(May 1861 Tennessee, USA - 31 Jan 1904)
:     │      │      ├─Patrick Lewis Hutcheson
(Abt 1859 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
:     │      │      ├─Rebecca Ann Hutcheson
(Abt 1862 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 1910)
:     │      │      ├─Virginia E Hutcheson
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;2 Nov 1863 - 3 Nov 1896)
:     │      │      │ + Leonidas Napolean Agee
(10 Mar 1864 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 18 May 1911 Bells, Grayson County, Texas, USA)
:     │      │      └─Sarah B Hutcheson
(Nov 1865 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
:     │      ├─Matilda Hutcheson
(Mar 1839 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Feb 1916 Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington, USA)
:     │      ├─Reuben Brown Hutcheson
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;6 May 1840 - 11 Jun 1905)
:     │      │ + Roena Woods
(5 Nov 1851 Meigs County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Aug 1892 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │ Martha Josephine Passons
(7 Jan 1865 White County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Oct 1901 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │      └─Gladis Hutcheson
(Aug 1899 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
:     │      ├─Sarah Hutcheson
(Abt 1842 Tennessee, USA - )
:     │      │ + William Carter Drake
(Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA;7 Feb 1828 - 11 Sep 1915)
:     │      ├─Zarina Hutcheson
(18 Sep 1846 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 12 May 1908)
:     │      │ + Martin Worthington
(20 Mar 1852 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Sep 1904)
:     │      ├─Louisa Laura Hutcheson
(11 Nov 1849 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 24 Feb 1924 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │ Francis Marion Little, Jr
(30 Dec 1847 Benton County, Alabama, USA - 17 Jun 1935)
:     │      │      ├─Mary M Little
(Abt 1871 Tennessee, USA - )
:     │      │      ├─James T. Little
(6 Oct 1873 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Aug 1886)
:     │      │      ├─Mima A Elizabeth Little
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;1 Nov 1875 - 10 Sep 1877)
:     │      │      ├─Margaret A Little
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;12 Aug 1879 - 16 Jan 1882)
:     │      │      ├─Fred Marion Little
(15 Apr 1881 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Feb 1942 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA) =>
:     │      │      │ + Anna 'Kathryn' Hutcheson
(18 Dec 1882 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - :     │      │      │ 5 Jan 1971 Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA)
:     │      │      ├─Mintie Belle Little
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;21 Aug 1883 - 22 Oct 1964)
:     │      │      │ + Lee Tollett
(11 Jul 1876 Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA - 18 May 1946 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │      ├─Frank Brown Little
(1 Sep 1887 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Jul 1975 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │      │ + Cella M Hutcheson
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;2 Jan 1888 - 9 Dec 1976)
:     │      │      ├─George R Little
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;3 Oct 1887 - 18 Dec 1971)
:     │      │      │ + Alice Nancy Tollett
(Dec 1891 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Feb 1978 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     │      │      └─Siglar Phillip Little
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;29 Sep 1889 - 7 Apr 1966)
:     │      │       + Lena R Tollett
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;7 Mar 1892 - 1 May 1985)
:     │      └─Hester A Hutcheson
(Aug 1852 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
:     │       + Henninger Hixson
(19 May 1850 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Jun 1925 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
:     └─William Franklin Hutcheson
(24 Dec 1835 Meigs County, Tennessee, USA - 18 Apr 1918)
:      + Sarah Flora Billingsley
(15 Nov 1848 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Apr 1923 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
+ Henry Gotcher
(12 Feb 1792 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA - 27 Feb 1864 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)