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: William Wentworth Mathena
(1666 Charles County, Maryland, USA - Dec 1705 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA)
     │ :     ├─James Matheny
(18 Mar 1753 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 10 Apr 1832 Preston County, West Virginia, USA)
     │ :     │ + Mary Lamayne
(Est 1753 - )
     │ :     ├─Nathaniel Matheny
(1754 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1846 Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA)
     │ :     ├─John Matheny
(1756 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
     │ :     ├─Fredrick Matheny
(1760 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
     │ :     └─Ephraim Matheny
(1764 Virginia, USA - Aft 1850)
     └─James Daniel Matheny
(1725 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1799 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA)
      Elizabeth GAINES
(23 Mar 1736 Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1771)
      :     ├─Mary Matheny
(16 Jan 1753 Stafford County, Virginia, USA - )
      :     ├─Nathaniel Matheny
(1754 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 1810 Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA)
      :     │ + Rachel Thompson
( - Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA)
      :     ├─John Luke Matheny
(20 Dec 1754 Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 5 Aug 1839 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     ├─James Matheny, II
(9 Sep 1756 Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, USA -       :     │ 10 Apr 1832 Beech Run Hill, Preston County, West Virginia, USA)
      :     │ + Mary la Mayne
(23 Mar 1756 Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA - 1853 Preston County, West Virginia, USA)
      :     ├─Daniel Matheny
(1757 Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA - 1824 Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA)
      :     ├─Jesse Matheny
(1761 Virginia, USA - 1860 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
      :     ├─Frederick Matheny
(1763 Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA - 1847 Athens, Athens County, Ohio, USA)
      :     ├─Elias Matheny
(1766 Berkeley, James County, Virginia, USA - 7 Feb 1862 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
      Diana Beasley
(1740 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 22 Jul 1825 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─Sarah Jane Matheny
(27 Feb 1772 Virginia, USA - 28 Jul 1850 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)
           │ + Thomas Wesley Rogers
(3 Feb 1772 - 10 Jan 1838 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)
           ├─Elijah Matheny
(25 Nov 1773 Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia, USA - 9 Sep 1839 Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ Mary Ann Davis
(5 Dec 1775 Virginia, USA - 11 Sep 1840 Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Samuel Davis Matheny
(18 Jun 1796 Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Dec 1881 Overton County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─James M Matheny
(4 May 1798 Virginia, USA - 1865 South Carolina, USA)
           │      │ + Elizabeth Deatherage
(Roane County, Tennessee, USA;22 Dec 1800 - 13 Jan 1899)
           │      ├─Anna Matheny
(22 Dec 1800 Horse Creek, Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 9 May 1880 Meigs County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Margaret Matheny
(20 Mar 1804 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Mar 1856 Cass County, Missouri, USA)
           │      │ + William Pleasant Sellers
(4 May 1804 Burke County, North Carolina, USA - 4 Nov 1846 Cass County, Missouri, USA)
           │      │ + William Booker Agnew
(25 Feb 1807 Bedford County, Virginia, USA -            │      │ 21 Jun 1854 Cass County, Missouri, USA)
           │      ├─Christina Matheny
(17 Aug 1806 Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Apr 1897 Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA)
           │      │ + Absolom Hicks
(18 Jul 1793 Surry County, North Carolina, USA - 1 May 1877 Fannin County, Texas, USA)
           │      ├─Mary H Polly Matheny
(23 Sep 1808 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 1824 Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA)
           │      ├─Elizabeth Matheny
(23 Sep 1808 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 1824 Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA)
           │      ├─John Anderson Matheny
(20 Feb 1812 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Nov 1878 Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA) =>
           │      │ + Lucinda Deatherage
(18 Aug 1816 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Jul 1865 Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      │ + Margaret Elizabeth Byers
(12 Apr 1844 Tennessee, USA - 19 Jun 1926)
           │      ├─Janetta Matheny
(2 Sep 1814 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 1880 Cass County, Missouri, USA)
           │      │ + Pleasant F Bailey
(8 Aug 1812 Tennessee, USA - 4 Feb 1852 Cass County, Missouri, USA)
           │      │ + Henry B Hawkins
(Abt 1801 Kentucky, USA - Bef 1880 Cass County, Missouri, USA)
           │      └─Mary Ann Hale Matheny
(22 Jan 1818 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Dec 1897 Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon, USA) =>
           │       + French Pickle
(27 Apr 1819 Tennessee, USA - 25 Sep 1890 Oregon, USA)
           ├─Richard Matheny
(23 Dec 1775 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - Aug 1862 Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─Noah Matheny
(1778 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - 1825 St Clair, St Clair County, Illinois, USA)
           └─William H Matheny
(1782 Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA - 24 Aug 1835 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)