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: Isaac Bacon
(10 Jan 1754 Maidencreek Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA - 24 Jan 1826 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Mother: Abigail Barnes
(8 Feb 1766 Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA - 28 Dec 1840 Colchester, McDonough County, Illinois, USA)
Isaac E W Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;1793 - 1860)
Sarah Hunt
(Buffalo Ridge, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Abt 1804 - Bef 1860)
     ├─Elizabeth Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Abt 1820 - Aft 1870)
     │ + John Clark
(Abt 1821 Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─James Bacon
(Abt 1821 Buffalo Ridge, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Tennessee, USA)
     ├─George Washington Bacon
(1823 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Abt 1884 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + Christina Shipley
(23 Jan 1823 Tennessee, USA - 17 Feb 1876)
     ├─Jesse Bacon, Sr
(20 Feb 1824 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Jul 1891 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Catherine Shipley
(Jan 1827 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Aft 1900 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Adam Bacon
(8 Aug 1843 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Apr 1931 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Mary E Maupin
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Abt 1848 - Abt 1876)
     │      │ Mary Susan Murray
(1858 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1928 Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      └─Ida Viola Bacon
(19 Nov 1881 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Aug 1977 Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │       + Richard Carr Walker, Sr
(14 Dec 1877 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │       5 Jan 1956 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Amanda Bacon
(1845 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Sarah E Bacon
(7 Mar 1850 Grainger County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Sep 1904)
     │      │ + Alexander Porter Line
(15 Nov 1851 Tennessee, USA - 19 Aug 1914 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Christina Bacon
(Abt 1853 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Jesse Bacon, Jr
(Dec 1853 Tennessee, USA - 25 Jul 1929 Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─James W Bacon
(Abt 1855 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Francis Bacon
(1859 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Caroline Bacon
(1862 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Samuel Bacon
(Abt 1865 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      └─Jerry Bacon
(Abt 1868 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA - Wise County, Texas, USA)
     ├─Isaac Bacon, III
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Jan 1826 - 22 Mar 1902)
     ├─Adam Bacon
(8 Aug 1843 Tennessee, USA - 5 Apr 1931 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     └─Mary Abigail Bacon
(28 Dec 1931 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Feb 1899 Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA)