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: John Maddison
(1620 Gloucestershire, England - 16 Apr 1683 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA)
Mother: Maria Ambrose
(1620 Buckinghamshire, England - 1680 Virginia, USA)
John Madison, Jr.
(1640 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 1705 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA)
Isabella Minor (Todd)
(1663 Toddsbury, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA - 1706 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA)
     ├─John Madison, III
(Abt 1680 Virginia, USA - Abt 1720 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA)
     ├─Elizabeth Madison
(Abt 1690 Virginia, USA - )
     ├─Thomas Madison
(Abt 1693 Hanover County, Virginia, USA - 20 Jan 1754 Caroline County, Virginia, USA)
     │ Johanna Buckner??
(Caroline County, Virginia, USA;1698 - 13 Apr 1758)
     │      ├─John Madison
(26 Oct 1719 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 1779 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ + Agatha Strother
(1728 King George County, Virginia, USA - 1822 Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─Ambrose Madison
(11 Mar 1724 Virginia, USA - )
     │      ├─Jane Madison
(11 Feb 1726 Virginia, USA - 24 Oct 1767)
     │      ├─Humphrey Madison
(25 Apr 1730 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ Mary Dickinson
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1725 - Aft 1797)
     │      │      └─Catherine Madison
(1754 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 18 Jul 1818 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA) =>
     │      │       + Capt Robert McClenachan, Jr
(19 Apr 1747 Augusta County, Virginia, USA -      │      │       : 10 Oct 1774 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      │       + William Poague
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1754 - 1777)
     │      │       + William Arbuckle
(3 Mar 1752 Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia,      │      │       USA - 21 Mar 1836 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─Ann Madison
(Virginia, USA;31 Jul 1733 - )
     │      ├─Sarah Madison
(Feb 1735 Virginia, USA - 31 Oct 1801)
     │      └─Mary Madison
(15 May 1738 Virginia, USA - )
     ├─Catherine Madison
(1693 Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA - 1760 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA)
     │ Richard Gaines
(Culpeper County, Virginia, USA;1686 - 13 Feb 1755)
     │      └─William Gaines
(Culpeper County, Virginia, USA;1710 - 1780)
     ├─Ambrose Madison
(1693 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA - 27 Aug 1732 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │ Frances Taylor
(30 Aug 1700 Rapidan, Orange County, Virginia, USA - 25 Nov 1761 Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─John Madison
(1720 King George, King George County, Virginia, USA - Mar 1784 Visses, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─James Madison, Sr
(27 Mar 1723 Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA -      │      │ 27 Feb 1801 Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ Eleanor Rose (Nelly) Conway
(9 Jan 1731 Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA -      │      │ 11 Feb 1829 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Mollie Madison
(1750 Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA - 1777 Orange County, Virginia, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + William Davis
(1739 Virginia, USA - 1775 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      ├─President James Madison
(16 Mar 1751 Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA -      │      │      │ 28 Jun 1836 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      │ + Dorothea Dolley Payne (Todd)
(20 May 1768 Rowan, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │      │ 12 Jul 1849 Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Francis Madison
(18 Jun 1753 Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA - 5 Apr 1800 Madison County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      │ + Susanna Bell
(1757 Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA - 1834 Madison Mills, Madison County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Ambrose Madison, Sr
(27 Jan 1755 Mount Pleasant, Orange County, Virginia, USA - 3 Oct 1793 Woodley, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      │ + Mary Willis Lee
(27 Jan 1757 Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA -      │      │      │ 14 Mar 1798 Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Catlett Madison
(Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA;10 Feb 1758 - 18 Mar 1758)
     │      │      └─(General) William Taylor Madison
(1 May 1762 Orange County, Virginia, USA -      │      │       19 Jul 1843 Woodberry Forest, Madison County, Virginia, USA) =>
     │      │       + Frances Throckorton
(24 Feb 1765 - 20 Aug 1832)
     │      ├─Elizabeth Madison
(14 Jun 1725 Virginia, USA - 6 Jan 1773 Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │      └─Frances Madison
(6 Mar 1725/26 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA -      │       1776 Greeneville County, South Carolina, USA)
     │       + Tavener Beale, Sr
(1713 Farnam Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, USA - 1756 Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     │       Jacob Hite
(1719 Perkiomen, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA - 1 Jul 1776 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA)
     │            ├─Eleanor Hite
(Abt 1760 Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - )
     │            ├─George Hite
(1761 Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 14 Dec 1816 Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            └─Susan Hite
(Abt 1762 Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - )
     ├─Eleanor Madison
(1700 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 1751 Orange County, Virginia, USA)
     └─Roger Madison
(1701 Orange County, Virginia, USA - 1801 Halifax County, Virginia, USA)