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: John Griffith Nelson
(2 Apr 1776 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 23 Sep 1817 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
Mother: Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle
(4 Apr 1784 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 13 Sep 1847 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
Thompson Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 17 Sep 1884 Wisconsin, USA)
Mary Ann Greenlee
(1814 West Virginia, USA - 30 Apr 1898 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     ├─James Craig Nelson
(22 Jun 1834 Indiana, USA - 15 Oct 1923 Carter County, Missouri, USA)
     │ Caroline Matilda Danforth
(18 Sep 1844 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA - 17 Feb 1906)
     │      ├─Marshall James Nelson
(1 Jan 1861 - 18 Sep 1862 Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      ├─Effie Louise Nelson
(Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA;12 Jan 1864 - 1864)
     │      ├─William Francis Nelson
(20 Mar 1865 - 3 Sep 1867 Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      ├─Addie Grace Nelson
(Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA;1 Jul 1867 - 10 Nov 1868)
     │      ├─Matilda 'Isabel' Nelson
(29 Nov 1869 Wisconsin, USA - 1934)
     │      ├─Emily Jane Nelson
(24 Aug 1873 Wisconsin, USA - 13 Jun 1936 Johnston, Carter County, Missouri, USA)
     │      │ + Lafayette M Buck
(Jan 1877 Michigan, USA - )
     │      └─Edna Louise Nelson
(5 Oct 1880 Wisconsin, USA - 4 Apr 1933 Sacramento County, California, USA)
     │       Frank Leslie Louks
(15 Oct 1875 Wisconsin, USA - 10 Dec 1958 Sacramento County, California, USA)
     │            ├─Harold Craig Louks
(23 Apr 1902 Georgia, USA - 1 Mar 1983 Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA)
     │            │ + Ruth Ellen Bennett
(16 Mar 1905 Irwin County, Georgia, USA - 26 Sep 1996)
     │            └─Marion A Louks
(16 Oct 1906 Georgia, USA - 4 May 1975 Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA)
     ├─John Griffin Nelson
(Jun 1839 Indiana, USA - 28 Dec 1936 Crewe, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA)
     │ Melissa Adelma Wright
(2 Mar 1847 Maine, USA - 10 Mar 1945 Crewe, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─William Thompson Nelson
(1 Oct 1868 Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA - 18 Jun 1958 Matoaca, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ Maria Montgomery
(Abt 1874 Ireland - 1918)
     │      │ :     ├─Robert Henry Nelson
(East Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA;17 Feb 1906 - 4 Jun 1906)
     │      │ :     └─Marjorie Helen Nelson
(12 Mar 1907 Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA -      │      │ :      29 Mar 1969 Matoaca, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ :      + Russell I Burch
(18 Jan 1904 Texas, USA - 14 Jun 1974 Petersburg, Petersburg County, Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─Miles Asa Nelson
(19 Oct 1876 Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA - 5 Jul 1971 Cook, St Louis County, Minnesota, USA)
     │      │ Randa 'Mathilda' Wold
(27 Mar 1890 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA - 3 Mar 1957 Itasca County, Minnesota, USA)
     │      │      ├─Vernon Lawrence Nelson
(11 May 1909 Bearville, Itasca County, Minnesota, USA -      │      │      │ 30 Nov 2004 Hibbing, St Louis County, Minnesota, USA)
     │      │      │ + Irene M Dall
(Abt 1919 Minnesota, USA - )
     │      │      └─John Louis Nelson
(16 Sep 1912 Bear River, St Louis County, Minnesota, USA - 19 Sep 1990 Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, USA)
     │      │       + Irene Elizabeth Whitworth
(29 Jul 1916 Red Rock, Bastrop County, Texas, USA -      │      │       12 Feb 2007 Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      ├─Marshall Overturf Nelson
(29 Oct 1879 Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA - 15 Nov 1968 Sylmar, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │      │ Rose Mae Nelson
(29 Nov 1887 Minnesota, USA - 2 Nov 1968 Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Marion Marshall Nelson
(9 Nov 1908 Colorado, USA - 28 May 1997 Marion County, Oregon, USA)
     │      │ :     │ Mildred V Green
(24 Jul 1910 St Louis, St Louis County, Missouri, USA - 11 Mar 1998 Seattle, King County, Washington, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Harriet R Nelson
(Abt 1911 California, USA - )
     │      │ :     └─Elva Ruth Nelson
(7 Oct 1919 San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California, USA -      │      │ :      10 Jan 2003 Eagle River, Anchorage County, Alaska, USA)
     │      │ :      + Living
     │      │ + Anna Belle Walk
(11 Dec 1888 Downey, Los Angeles County, California, USA -      │      │ 15 Apr 1957 Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │      ├─Von Oscar Nelson
(27 Sep 1881 Greenwood County, Kansas, USA - 7 Sep 1945 Crewe, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA)
     │      └─Elmer Brian Nelson
(16 Mar 1887 Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA - May 1968 Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, USA)
     │       Bertha Anna Getschel
(17 Mar 1887 Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA - 1936)
     │            ├─Olive M Nelson
(Abt 1917 Columbia County, New York, USA - 3 Apr 2011)
     │            │ + Leroy Emmet Michael
(25 May 1913 - 23 Apr 1977)
     │            ├─Griffin G Nelson
(Abt 1917 Columbia County, New York, USA - )
     │            ├─Helen Anna Nelson
(19 Apr 1932 Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA - 2 Nov 2005 Windsor, Broome County, New York, USA)
     │            │ + Living
     ├─Mary Frances Nelson
(Jul 1840 Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA - 1906 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │ + Oliver Campbell
(17 Nov 1832 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA - 14 Apr 1869 Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │ + William Armstrong Mack
(Jul 1845 Pennsylvania, USA - 21 Aug 1916 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     └─Catharine Nelson
(10 May 1850 Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA - 15 Apr 1869 East Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA)
      + William James Wright
(Sep 1842 Maine, USA - Aft 1905 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)