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.
John Graham
(Ireland - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     └─Margaret Ann Graham
(12 Jul 1835 Belfast, Ireland - 17 Apr 1921 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
      Hugh Daugherty Hazlet
(21 Jan 1822 Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - 16 Jan 1887 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
           ├─Sarah Ellen Hazlet
(Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA;2 Feb 1859 - 9 Apr 1860)
           ├─William Hugh Hazlet
(2 Apr 1862 Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA - 10 Oct 1936 Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, USA)
           │ Mary Elizabeth McCutchan
(18 Oct 1863 Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - 4 Apr 1941 Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma, USA)
           │      ├─Minnie Hazlet
(2 Jun 1884 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 16 Jan 1934 Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, USA)
           │      │ + Dr. Everett Alma (Doc) Bright
(12 Jun 1879 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 25 Feb 1940 Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, USA)
           │      ├─Ruey Hazlet
(25 Jun 1886 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 8 Jan 1968 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA) =>
           │      │ + Otto Arthur Wiesley
(12 Oct 1888 Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois, USA - 1973 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA)
           │      ├─Ruby D Hazlet
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;21 Mar 1888 - 28 Jul 1955) =>
           │      │ + Rolla L Chastain
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;6 Apr 1881 - 15 Dec 1958)
           │      ├─Mary Elizabeth Hazlet
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;12 Aug 1891 - 31 Jan 1923)
           │      ├─Fanny May Hazlet
(18 Jun 1893 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 8 Sep 1985 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA) =>
           │      │ + George Emmett Starks
(7 Mar 1890 Harper County, Kansas, USA - 3 Mar 1966 Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma, USA)
           │      ├─William James (Bill) Hazlet
(5 Nov 1895 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 9 Feb 1996 Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, USA) =>
           │      │ + Cuba Elizabeth Hayes
(22 Apr 1898 Steady Run, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA - 3 Mar 1983 Hudson, Weld County, Colorado, USA)
           │      ├─Ida Marie Hazlet
(29 Sep 1898 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 24 Jul 2000 Searcy, White County, Arkansas, USA) =>
           │      │ + Brady Leslie Horton
(29 Sep 1897 Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA - 8 Nov 1989 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
           │      ├─Raymond Leroy Hazlet
(23 Nov 1901 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 24 Mar 1987 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA) =>
           │      │ + Ena Maureen Hair
(Abt 1906 Texas, USA - 19 Sep 1952 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
           │      │ + Dorothy Klein
(24 Jun 1911 - 7 Dec 1991 Valley, Stevens County, Washington, USA)
           │      └─Florence Venice Hazlet
(12 Jan 1908 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 27 May 2006 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA) =>
           │       + Robert R Kritenbrink
(1 Sep 1904 Cass County, Iowa, USA - 30 Dec 1984 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA)
           ├─Ida May Hazlet
(25 Jul 1867 Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA - 5 Aug 1949 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
           │ + Walter Clyde Kimport
(8 Apr 1881 Benton County, Iowa, USA - 11 Jul 1941 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA)
           ├─Ena Amy Hazlet
(10 Oct 1869 Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA - 12 Jul 1958 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
           │ Joseph Willis (Willie) Walton
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;8 May 1869 - 4 Feb 1959)
           │      ├─Willie Hugh Walton
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;7 Mar 1896 - 11 Nov 1948)
           │      ├─Mary Beulah Walton
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;18 May 1901 - 18 Dec 2005) =>
           │      │ + Roy Daniel McDaniel
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;4 Aug 1901 - Apr 1987)
           │      └─Margaret Eula Walton
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;18 May 1901 - 28 Jul 1990) =>
           │       + Andrew Edward Barry
(Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA;28 Aug 1894 - 31 Jul 1983)
           └─James D Hazlet
(10 Dec 1871 Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA - 7 Jan 1923 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)