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.
John W. Nelson
(29 Jan 1825 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880 Indiana, USA)
     ├─Nancy B Nelson
(Abt 1859 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     ├─Jonora M Nelson
(15 Aug 1864 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - 17 Nov 1914 Jackson Twp, Hancock County, Indiana, USA)
     │ + William D Steel
(Sep 1864 Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     ├─Robert Eakin Nelson
(Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA;11 Feb 1868 - 9 Sep 1926)
     │ Idola Ann Lynam
(6 Nov 1874 Gwynneville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA - 22 Feb 1950 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA)
     │      ├─Carrie M Nelson
(Apr 1892 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─Eva F Nelson
(Feb 1894 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─Palmer Vere Nelson
(19 Dec 1895 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - 11 Sep 1958 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │ Corda Mae Lewis
(1900 Indiana, USA - 1993)
     │      │      ├─Virginia R Nelson
(24 Jul 1917 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 15 Jul 2001)
     │      │      ├─Marjorie E Nelson
(23 Oct 1918 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 25 Nov 2000 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │      ├─Robert Nelson
(2 Sep 1922 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 26 Jun 2003 Monroe County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │      └─Ruth Eileen Nelson
(18 Oct 1924 Shirley, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - 20 Dec 1998 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │       + Richard Hugh Millspaugh
(11 Apr 1923 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA - 18 Feb 1944)
     │      │       + James William Plummer
(18 Jun 1922 Paxton, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA - 6 Jan 2005)
     │      ├─John E Nelson
(Hancock County, Indiana, USA;1898 - 1899)
     │      ├─Donald Charles Nelson
(4 Feb 1900 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - 11 Jun 1957 Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, USA)
     │      ├─George R Nelson
(Abt 1902 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─Mary L Nelson
(Abt 1906 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─Ervin Nelsen
(Abt 1908 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─William I Nelson
(Abt 1909 Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─Margaret Nelsen
(Abt 1912 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      └─Paul Franklin Nelson
(23 Apr 1917 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - 1940 Wilkinson, Hancock County, Indiana, USA)
     └─Nettie A Nelson
(Sep 1873 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
      + George Riley Hull
(15 Feb 1865 Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )