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: Daniel Mathena
(1638 Canterbury, Kent, England - 14 Oct 1685 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA)
Mother: Sarah Wentworth
(1648 Canterbury, Kent, England - 1700 Stafford County, Virginia, USA)
William Wentworth Mathena
(1666 Charles County, Maryland, USA - Dec 1705 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA)
           ├─William B Mathena
(1720 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - Abt 1800 Virginia, USA)
           │ Elizabeth Parker
(1720 Leyland, South Ribble Borough, Lancashire, England - 1816 Stafford County, Virginia, USA)
           │ :     ├─Moses Matheny
(1745 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
           │ :     ├─James Matheny
(18 Mar 1753 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 10 Apr 1832 Preston County, West Virginia, USA)
           │ :     │ + Mary Lamayne
(Est 1753 - )
           │ :     ├─Nathaniel Matheny
(1754 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1846 Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA)
           │ :     ├─John Matheny
(1756 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
           │ :     ├─Fredrick Matheny
(1760 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
           │ :     └─Ephraim Matheny
(1764 Virginia, USA - Aft 1850)
           │ + Anne Sims
(1722 - )
           └─James Daniel Matheny
(1725 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1799 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA)
            Elizabeth GAINES
(23 Mar 1736 Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1771)
            :     ├─Mary Matheny
(16 Jan 1753 Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
            :     ├─Nathaniel Matheny
(1754 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1810 Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA)
            :     │ + Rachel Thompson
( - Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA)
            :     ├─John Luke Matheny
(20 Dec 1754 Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 5 Aug 1839 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
            :     ├─James Matheny, II
(9 Sep 1756 Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, USA -             :     │ 10 Apr 1832 Beech Run Hill, Preston County, West Virginia, USA)
            :     │ + Mary la Mayne
(23 Mar 1756 Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA - 1853 Preston County, West Virginia, USA)
            :     ├─Daniel Matheny
(1757 Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA - 1824 Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA)
            :     ├─Jesse Matheny
(1761 Virginia, USA - 1860 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
            :     ├─Frederick Matheny
(1763 Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA - 1847 Athens, Athens County, Ohio, USA)
            :     ├─Elias Matheny
(1766 Berkeley, James County, Virginia, USA - 7 Feb 1862 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
            Diana Beasley
(1740 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA -             22 Jul 1825 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA)
                 ├─Sarah Jane Matheny
(27 Feb 1772 Virginia, USA - 28 Jul 1850 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)
                 │ + Thomas Wesley Rogers
(3 Feb 1772 - 10 Jan 1838 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)
                 ├─Elijah Matheny
(25 Nov 1773 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 9 Sep 1839 Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, USA) =>
                 │ + Mary Ann Davis
(5 Dec 1775 Virginia, USA - 11 Sep 1840 Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
                 ├─Richard Matheny
(23 Dec 1775 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA -                  │ Aug 1862 Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA)
                 ├─Noah Matheny
(1778 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - 1825 St Clair, St Clair County, Illinois, USA)
                 └─William H Matheny
(1782 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - 24 Aug 1835 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)