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.
Frances Foote
(1629 Ipswich, Suffolk, England - 3 Feb 1677 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
John Dickinson
(22 Aug 1624 Haverhill, Essex, England - 19 May 1676 Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     ├─Hannah Dickinson
(6 Dec 1648 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 1705 Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ Samuel Gillett
(22 Jan 1643 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 19 May 1676 Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ :     ├─Mary Gillette
(New Haven County, Connecticut, USA;20 Dec 1671 - 1716)
:     │ :     │ + John Ives
(16 Nov 1669 New Haven County, Connecticut, USA - 1738 Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA)
:     │ :     └─Hannah Gillette
(5 Sep 1674 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 1743 South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ :      + John Taylor
(6 Jan 1670 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 2 Sep 1744 South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ Stephen Jennings
(1644 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - :     │ 20 Jul 1710 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │      ├─Captivity Jennings
(14 Mar 1678 Canada - )
:     │      │ + Abijah Bartlett
( - Oct 1708)
:     │      ├─Stephen Jennings
(10 Jun 1680 - 20 Jul 1710 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │      ├─Benjamin Jennings
(16 Jun 1680 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - :     │      │ 22 Jul 1710 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │      ├─Joseph Jennings
(23 Aug 1682 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - )
:     │      ├─Sarah Jennings
(29 Aug 1684 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 24 Jul 1748 Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA)
:     │      │ + Nathaniel Hitchcock
(28 Aug 1677 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA - 1709 Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA)
:     │      └─Jonathan Jennings
(24 Nov 1692 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - :     │       19 Jul 1754 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     ├─Rebecca Dickinson
(1658 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 16 Feb 1731 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ Joseph Smith
(Mar 1657 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 1 Oct 1733 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │      └─John Smith
(15 Jan 1687 - 1777)
:     ├─Abigail Dickinson
(Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;1663 - 1714)
:     │ + Thomas Crafts
(1656 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA - 27 Feb 1693 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ + Samuel Crowfoot
(13 Oct 1665 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA - :     │ 10 Feb 1733 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     └─Mercy Dickinson
(1668 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 30 Jun 1735 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA)
:      + Joseph Chamberlain
(1665 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA - 7 Aug 1752 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA)
+ Francis Barnard
(1618 - 3 Feb 1698/99 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)