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.
Thomas Bloomfield
(1617 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England - Nov 1684 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
Mary Withers
(1620 Essex, England - 1686 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     ├─Mary Bloomfield
(15 Jan 1642 Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - 1705 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     │ + Jonathan Dunham
(17 Nov 1639 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA - 6 Sep 1706 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     ├─Sara Bloomfield
(30 Dec 1643 Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - 5 May 1689 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     │ John Dennis
(Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;1640 - 8 May 1689)
     │      └─Sarah Dennis
(18 Jul 1673 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 22 Nov 1732 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │       Benjamin Fitzrandolph
(4 Apr 1663 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA -      │       5 Oct 1746 Stony Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            ├─Sarah Fitzrandolph
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;14 Apr 1691 - 28 Apr 1691)
     │            ├─Grace Fitzrandolph
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;25 Jan 1692 - 1705)
     │            ├─Ruth Fitzrandolph
(8 Apr 1695 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA -      │            │ 25 Sep 1780 Lawrenceville, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            │ + Living
     │            │ + John Snowden
(1685 - 22 Mar 1751 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA)
     │            ├─Hope Fitzrandolph
(12 Feb 1697 Stoney Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA - Aug 1741 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            ├─Benjamin Fitzrandolph, Jr
(24 Apr 1699 Stony Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA -      │            │ Jan 1758 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            │ + Elizabeth Pridemore
(1703 New Jersey, USA - )
     │            ├─Isaac Fitzrandolph
(10 Apr 1701 Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 13 May 1750 Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            ├─Nathaniel Fitzrandolph
(11 Nov 1703 Stony Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA - 1786 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA) =>
     │            │ + Rebekah Mershon
(10 Mar 1711 Stony Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA - 1786 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            ├─Elizabeth Fitzrandolph
(31 Dec 1708 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA -      │            │ 4 Oct 1785 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     │            └─Grace Fitzrandolph
(Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA;31 Dec 1708 - 26 Feb 1786)
     │             + Stephen Johnes
(31 Jul 1700 - 16 Jun 1785 Lawrence, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
     └─Ezekiel Bloomfield
(1 Nov 1653 Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - 15 Feb 1702 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
      + Hope FitzRandolph
(2 Apr 1661 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA - 15 Feb 1702 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)