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: Humphrey Madison
(King & Queen Co, VA - Jackson River, Bath, VA)
     │      │      ├─Martha Ann Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - )
     │      │      │ + William White
(Illinois - )
     │      │      │ + Francis Valbert
(Belfort, Territoire      │      │      │ de Belfort, France - Flora, Clay, IL)
     │      │      │ Sarah McCutcheon
(Indiana - )
     │      │      │ :     ├─Elizabeth Jane Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Corydon, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │ :     │ + Jasper Newton Dicks, M.D.
(Appanoose Co, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Corydon, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │ :     ├─William Arbuckle Nelson, II
(Cambria, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Corydon, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │ :     │ Laura Minerva Hammers
(Woodford Co, IL -      │      │      │ :     │ Corydon, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │ :     │      └─Lois Edith Nelson
(Marshalltown, Marshall,      │      │      │ :     │       IA - Springfield, Greene, MO)
     │      │      │ :     │       + Ralph Alexander Poorbaugh
(Jasper Co, IA -      │      │      │ :     │       El Paso, Woodford, IL)
     │      │      │ :     ├─Frances Anne Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Humeston, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │ :     │ + John T Hickman
(Decatur Co, IA - Wayne Co, IA)
     │      │      │ :     ├─French Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA; - )
     │      │      │ :     ├─Leonard Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA; - )
     │      │      │ :     ├─Hester Nelson
(Corydon, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Joplin, Jasper, MO)
     │      │      │ :     │ + James P Donahue
(Darien, Walworth, WI - )
     │      │      │ :     ├─Seaward Nelson
(Iowa - )
     │      │      │ :     ├─Julius B Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA; - )
     │      │      │ :     │ Stella A Rush
(Wayne Co, IA - )
     │      │      │ :     │      ├─Sarah Phyllis Nelson
(Iowa - Oregon)
     │      │      │ :     └─Vesta Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA - )
     │      │      │ + Henrietta Taylor
(Davis Co, IA -      │      │      │ Wayne Co, IA)
     │      │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(Madison Co, IN - Chariton, Lucas, IA)
     │      │      │ + Andrew Jackson (Jack) Chapman
(West Virginia -      │      │      │ Cambria, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      ├─Clark Greenlee Nelson
(Madison Co, IN -      │      │      │ Iowa City, Johnson, IA)
     │      │      │ Ella Amelia Taylor
(Lee Co, IA - Burden, Cowley, KS)
     │      │      │      ├─Emma Nelson
(Cambria, Wayne, IA - Weld Co, CO)
     │      │      │      ├─Lillie D Nelson
(Cambria, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │      │ Imperial, Chase, NE)
     │      │      │      │ + Francis Asbury Freeland, Jr
(Corydon, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │      │ Worth Co, MO)
     │      │      │      ├─Nettie Nelson
(Corydon, Wayne, IA - Wayne Co, IA)
     │      │      │      │ + William Morgan Parr
(Indiana - )
     │      │      │      ├─Le Vanch Nelson
(Corydon, Wayne, IA - Weld Co, CO)
     │      │      │      │ + Lewis E Goodell
(Iowa - )
     │      │      │      ├─Alta Louise Nelson
(Corydon, Wayne, IA - Kansas)
     │      │      │      │ + Edward Joseph Skinner
(Kansas; - )
     │      │      │      └─Alma Nelson
(Corydon, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │       Montgomery Co, KS)
     │      │      │       + Roy Lee Teegarden
(Plano, Appanoose, IA -      │      │      │       Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK)
     │      │      ├─Mary Elizabeth Nelson
(Madison Co, IN -      │      │      │ Escondido, San Diego, CA)
     │      │      │ + Joseph Miskimmon
(Ohio - Centerville, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      ├─French L Nelson
(Madison Co, IN - Allerton, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │ Mary Elizabeth Greenlee
(Leon, Mason, WV -      │      │      │ Allerton, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      │      ├─John William Nelson
(Mason Co, WV -      │      │      │      │ Chariton, Lucas, IA)
     │      │      │      │ Cora M Martin
(Lucas Co, IA - Chariton, Lucas, IA)
     │      │      │      │      ├─Leo Arthur Nelson
(Chariton, Lucas, IA -      │      │      │      │      │ Dallas, Dallas, TX)
     │      │      │      │      ├─Mildred Irene Nelson
(Allerton, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │      │      │ Chariton, Lucas, IA)
     │      │      │      │      └─Harold (Raymond) Nelson
(Allerton, Wayne,      │      │      │      │       IA - Corvallis, Benton, OR)
     │      │      │      ├─Amina Nelson
(Iowa - )
     │      │      │      │ + Charles S Smith
(Iowa - )
     │      │      │      ├─Edward E Nelson
(Allerton, Wayne, IA - Iowa)
     │      │      │      │ Millie M Jaques
(Wayne Co, IA - )
     │      │      │      │      └─Lee Edward Nelson
(Allerton, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │      │       Sacramento, Sacramento, CA)
     │      │      │      ├─Charles Morgan Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA -      │      │      │      │ Yellowstone Co, MT)
     │      │      │      ├─Lewis Otto Nelson
(Corydon, Wayne, IA - )
     │      │      │      │ + Ada Belle ??
(Pennsylvania - Kansas)
     │      │      │      └─George Earnest Nelson
(Wayne Co, IA - )
     │      │      ├─Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Nelson
(Madison Co, IN -      │      │      │ Leon, Decatur, IA)
     │      │      │ Josiah McCutchan
(New Albany, Floyd, IN -      │      │      │ : Leon, Decatur, IA)
     │      │      │ :     ├─Clarinda Jane 'Clara' McCutchan
(Cambria, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Corvallis, Benton, OR)
     │      │      │ :     │ + James Monroe Leonard
(Decatur Co, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ : Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT)
     │      │      │ :     │ + William Price
(Ohio - )
     │      │      │ :     ├─Mary Elizabeth McCutchan
(Cambria, Wayne, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Altus, Jackson, OK)
     │      │      │ :     │ William Hugh Hazlet
(Milford, Iroquois, IL -      │      │      │ :     │ Brighton, Adams, CO)
     │      │      │ :     │      │ + Dr. Everett Alma (Doc) Bright
(Leon, Decatu      │      │      │ :     │      │ r, IA - Brighton, Adams, CO)
     │      │      │ :     │      ├─Ruey Hazlet
(Leon, Decatur, IA -      │      │      │ :     │      │ Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT)
     │      │      │ :     │      │ Otto Arthur Wiesley
(Coal City, Grundy, IL -      │      │      │ :     │      │ Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT)
     │      │      │ :     │      │      │ :      + Living
     │      │      │ :     │      │      │ Mary E Charlton
     │      │      │ :     │      │      │ Vera Inez Ray
(Leadville, Lake, CO -      │      │      │ :     │      │      │ : Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA)
     │      │      │ :     │      │      ├─Georgia Louise (Georgia Lou) Starks      │      │      │ :     │      │      │ (Hudson, Weld, CO -      │      │      │ :     │      │      │ San Antonio, Bexar, TX)
     │      │      │ :     │      │      │ Dr. George Edgar Bernard, Jr      │      │      │ :     │      │      │ (San Angelo, Tom Green, TX -      │      │      │ :     │      │      │ San Antonio, Bexar, TX)
     │      │      │ :     │ Mary L Jenkins
(Leon, Decatur, IA -      │      │      │ :     │ Los Angeles Co, CA)
     │      │      │ :     │      ├─Jennie Elizabeth Hines
(Leon, Decatur, IA -      │      │      │ :     │      │ Newton, Jasper, IA)
     │      │      │ :     │      │ James Ephriam Shearer
(Hampton, Franklin,      │      │      │ :     │      │ IA - Iowa)
     │      │      │ :     │      │      ├─James William Shearer
     │      │      │ :     │      │      ├─Jean Alice Ann Shearer
     │      │      │ :     │ + Charles Leon Saddoris
(Iowa; - )
     │      │      │ :     └─Lester Roy Newbern
(Clinton Co, IA - )
     │      │      │ + Charles Samuel Saddoris      │      │      │ (Iowa City, Johnson, IA; - )
     │      │      └─James Lewis Nelson
(Madison Co, IN -      │      │       Oskaloosa, Mahaska, IA)
     │      │       + Harriet Agnes (Hattie) Clark
(Ohio - )
     │      ├─Davis Griffith Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - )
     │      ├─Thompson Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Wisconsin)
     │      │ Mary Ann Greenlee
(West Virginia - Spooner, Washburn, WI)
     │      │      ├─James Craig Nelson
(Indiana - Carter Co, MO)
     │      │      │      ├─Marshall Overturf Nelson
(Farmington, Polk, WI -      │      │      │      │ Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA)
     │      │      │      │ Rose Mae Nelson
(Minnesota - Los Angeles Co, CA)
     │      │      │      │ :     ├─Marion Marshall Nelson
(Colorado -      │      │      │      │ :     │ Marion Co, OR)
     │      │      │      │ :     │ Mildred V Green
(St Louis, St Louis, MO -      │      │      │      │ :     │ Seattle, King, WA)
     │      │      │      │ :     ├─Harriet R Nelson
(California - )
     │      │      │      │ :     └─Elva Ruth Nelson
(San Fernando, Los Angeles,      │      │      │      │ :      CA - Eagle River, Anchorage, AK)
     │      │      │      │ :      + Living
     │      │      │      │ + Anna Belle Walk
(Downey, Los      │      │      │      │ Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Co, CA)
     │      │      │      ├─Von Oscar Nelson
(Greenwood Co, KS -      │      │      │      │ Crewe, Nottoway, VA)
     │      │      │      └─Elmer Brian Nelson
(Osceola, Polk, WI -      │      │      │       Hillsdale, Columbia, NY)
     │      │      │       Bertha Anna Getschel
(Osceola, Polk, WI - )
     │      │      │            ├─Olive M Nelson
(Columbia Co, NY - )
     │      │      │            │ + Leroy Emmet Michael
     │      │      │            ├─Griffin G Nelson
(Columbia Co, NY - )
     │      │      └─Catharine Nelson
(Lagro, Wabash, IN -      │      │       East Farmington, Polk, WI)
     │      │       + William James Wright
(Maine - Spooner, Washburn, WI)
     │      ├─Eliza Jane Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Dade Co, MO)
     │      │ + John Sullivan
(Virginia - Dade Co, MO)
     │      ├─John Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV; - )
     │      ├─Mary Ann Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - )
     │      │ + John Blazer
(Ohio - Madison Co, IN)
     │      ├─Katherine Madison Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV -      │      │ Fall Creek Township, Madison, IN)
     │      │ + William Gilmore
     │      ├─Elizabeth R Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Kansas)
     │      │ + Living
     │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(Mason Co, WV - Anderson, Madison, IN)
     │      │ Milas Forcum
(North Carolina - Anderson, Madison, IN)
     │      ├─Frances Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Madison Co, IN)
     │      ├─John W. Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Indiana)
     │      │ Margaret Eakin
(Tennessee - )
     │      │      ├─Nancy B Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      ├─Jonora M Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN -      │      │      │ Jackson Twp, Hancock, IN)
     │      │      │ + William D Steel
(Hancock Co, IN - )
     │      │      ├─Robert Eakin Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN; - )
     │      │      │ Idola Ann Lynam
(Gwynneville, Shelby, IN -      │      │      │ Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN)
     │      │      │      ├─Carrie M Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      │      ├─Eva F Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      │      ├─Palmer Vere Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN -      │      │      │      │ Madison Co, IN)
     │      │      │      │ Corda Mae Lewis
(Indiana - )
     │      │      │      │      ├─Virginia R Nelson
(Madison Co, IN - )
     │      │      │      │      ├─Marjorie E Nelson
(Madison Co, IN -      │      │      │      │      │ Anderson, Madison, IN)
     │      │      │      │      ├─Robert Nelson
(Madison Co, IN -      │      │      │      │      │ Monroe Co, IN)
     │      │      │      │      └─Ruth Eileen Nelson
(Shirley, Hancock, IN -      │      │      │      │       Anderson, Madison, IN)
     │      │      │      │       + Richard Hugh Millspaugh
(Anderson, Madison,      │      │      │      │       : IN - )
     │      │      │      │       + James William Plummer      │      │      │      │       (Paxton, Sullivan, IN - )
     │      │      │      ├─John E Nelson
(Hancock Co, IN; - )
     │      │      │      ├─Donald Charles Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN -      │      │      │      │ Greenfield, Hancock, IN)
     │      │      │      ├─George R Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      │      ├─Mary L Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      │      ├─Ervin Nelsen
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      │      ├─William I Nelson
(Indiana - )
     │      │      │      ├─Margaret Nelsen
(Brown, Hancock, IN - )