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: Robert Campbell (R.C.) Duggan
(5 Sep 1840 Polk County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Feb 1910 Maud, Pottawatamie County, Oklahoma, USA)
Mother: Lucinda Jane (Lucinful) Richmond
(27 Jan 1843 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 13 Jan 1901 Arno, Douglas County, Missouri, USA)
Ella Jane Duggan
(7 Apr 1878 Arno, Douglas County, Missouri, USA - 18 Mar 1938 Pontiac, Ozark County, Missouri, USA)
Eli William Sisney
(22 Mar 1877 Douglas County, Missouri, USA - 18 Nov 1960 Almartha, Ozark County, Missouri, USA)
     ├─Burlie Ledonia Sisney
(31 Jul 1900 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 24 Jan 1903)
     ├─Doy Crafford Sisney
(12 Aug 1901 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 20 Oct 1932 Oklahoma, USA)
     │ + Ethel Noe
(Abt 1901 Arkansas, USA - 1993)
     ├─Troy Roland Sisney
(15 Jan 1903 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 4 Feb 1958 Ventura County, California, USA)
     ├─Loy Edward Sisney
(12 May 1904 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 7 Oct 1929 Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma, USA)
     ├─Claude Justus Sisney
(12 Sep 1905 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 20 Feb 1916)
     ├─William Horace Sisney
(21 Apr 1907 Douglas County, Missouri, USA - 25 Feb 1997 Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA)
     │ + Georgia Lo Welton
(14 Nov 1911 Douglas County, Missouri, USA - 19 Jul 2000 Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA)
     ├─Bertha May Sisney
(22 Oct 1908 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 8 Jan 2000 Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA)
     │ + Roger H Stilwagen
(24 Apr 1901 New York, USA - 7 Feb 1988 San Diego County, California, USA)
     ├─Ernest Raymond Sisney
(16 Jun 1910 Douglas County, Missouri, USA - 16 Oct 1994 Missouri, USA)
     │ + Edna Ellison
(5 Mar 1915 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 4 Feb 1979 Lowry City, St Clair County, Missouri, USA)
     ├─Alva Jason Sisney
(12 Feb 1913 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 12 Jul 1983 Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA)
     │ + Iva Elizabeth Plumlee
(12 Sep 1921 Arkansas, USA - 22 Jun 2010 Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA)
     └─Lester Woodrow Sisney
(21 Jul 1918 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - 23 Jun 1967)
      + Helen Pauline Plumlee
(25 May 1918 Arkansas, USA - 9 Apr 2000 Missouri, USA)