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: Charles Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;6 May 1814 - 2 Mar 1894)
Mother: Nancy Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;6 Dec 1819 - 10 May 1889)
James Charles Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;22 Feb 1844 - 18 Jun 1902)
     ├─William H Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;28 Apr 1867 - 20 Nov 1883)
     ├─Charles D Bacon
(Mar 1869 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Aft 1930)
     │ Carrie Boring
(15 Sep 1869 Greenfield, Greene County, Illinois, USA - 22 Mar 1928 Rubicon, Greene County, Illinois, USA)
     │      ├─Clara J Bacon
(Abt 1905 Illinois, USA - )
     │      ├─Robert A Bacon
(Abt 1906 Illinois, USA - )
     │      └─Hellen Bacon
(Abt 1911 Illinois, USA - )
     ├─Samuel Washington Bacon
(29 Nov 1871 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Jul 1940 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Flora Ellen Love
(14 Oct 1873 Tennessee, USA - 25 Oct 1953 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Maude S Bacon
(Feb 1891 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─James T Bacon
(Jul 1893 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Ona Bacon
(Abt 1894 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Thomas J Bacon
(May 1896 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Minnis McCoy Bacon
(8 Jan 1899 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA - Oct 1977 Talbott, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Clara M Miller
(Dec 1899 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Evelyn Bacon
(Mar 1899 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Bertha Bacon
(Abt 1900 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Nellie Bacon
(Abt 1903 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─William Marcus Bacon
(27 Jun 1905 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 8 Jun 1993 Russellville, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      └─Dale Bacon
(1909 Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Mary Virginia Bacon
(15 Feb 1886 Tennessee, USA - 5 Mar 1954 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + Gabriel Garfield Boles
(16 Feb 1881 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 20 May 1950 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
     └─Benjamin Harrison Bacon
(21 Dec 1888 Tennessee, USA - 11 Jul 1957 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
      Carrie Kathleen Ricker
(22 Feb 1901 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 24 May 1962 Dade County, Florida, USA)
           ├─James Bacon
(Abt 1920 Tennessee, USA - )
           ├─Benjamin Harrison Bacon, Jr
(5 Jun 1923 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Sep 1986 Dade County, Florida, USA)
           ├─Robert Eugene Bacon, Sr
(Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA;8 Jul 1925 - 27 Nov 2013)
           │ + Living
           ├─Emma Sue Bacon
(8 Jul 1925 Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA - 29 Nov 1934 Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
           └─Helen Marie Bacon
(25 Aug 1928 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA - 1 May 1981 Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA)
            + Elgie Thomas Stamey
(22 Sep 1928 Crossnore, Avery County, North Carolina, USA - 6 May 2004 Floral City, Citrus County, Florida, USA)