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.
Alexander Mathes
(Bef 1708 Ireland - 1788 Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA)
Grizella ??
(Est 1708 Ireland - Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA)
     ├─James Mathews
(20 Sep 1737 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Bef 27 Jun 1812 Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
     │ + Sarah Netherton
(25 Apr 1738 Fairfax County, Virginia, USA - Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
     └─Janet Mathews
(29 Sep 1747 Warren County, Virginia, USA - 29 Sep 1818 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
      John B Blackburn
(27 Jan 1741 Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA - 9 Feb 1808 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Alexander Blackburn
(1 Jan 1766 Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 1786 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Benjamin Blackburn
(8 Mar 1767 Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 1785 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Mary (Polly) Blackburn
(14 Nov 1768 Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 1 Jan 1846 White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ James Moyers
(27 Mar 1767 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA - 18 Feb 1838 White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─John Blackburn Moyers
(30 Jan 1792 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 13 Nov 1875 Warren County, Tennessee, USA) =>
           │      │ + Mary Snoddy
(15 Jul 1790 Edgecombe, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA - 8 Nov 1861 McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      │ + Adaline Cartwright
(4 Feb 1828 McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA -            │      │ 20 Mar 1904 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA)
           │      └─Grizzelle Blackburn Myers
(1794 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 1830 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │       + John Mathis Patton
(1792 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 1862)
           ├─Andrew Blackburn
(13 Dec 1770 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA - 1 Aug 1844 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ + Margaret Samples
           ├─William Blackburn
(7 Oct 1772 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA - 14 May 1856 Maury County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Grizelle Blackburn
(27 Oct 1774 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA - 25 Jul 1862 Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA)
           │ + Gideon Blackburn
(27 Aug 1772 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA -            │ 23 Aug 1838 Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA)
           ├─George Blackburn
(26 May 1776 Frederick County, Virginia, USA - Aft 1838 Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Benjamin Andrew Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;8 Jun 1805 - 26 Sep 1877) =>
           │      │ + Isabel M Caldwell
(1 Sep 1806 Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 1887 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Andrew A Blackburn
(18 May 1814 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 13 Jul 1891 Suwannee County, Florida, USA) =>
           │      │ + Isabelle Lowery Blackburn
(1823 - 1844 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      │ + Ellen E Dick
(3 Jul 1829 Tennessee, USA - 26 Oct 1901)
           │      ├─Gideon H Blackburn
(Abt 1821 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Sep 1911)
           │      │ + Margaret Briton
(25 Apr 1829 Pennsylvania, USA - )
           │      └─Mather? Blackburn
(Abt 1824 Tennessee, USA - )
           ├─Edward Blackburn
(3 Jun 1780 Washington County, Virginia, USA - 1853 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ Margaret McGirk
(1779 - 1850)
           │      └─John Nelson Blackburn
(3 Sep 1809 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Sep 1886 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA) =>
           │       + Martha Jane Morrow
(1809 Tennessee, USA - 1844)
           ├─Jane (Jenny) Blackburn
(3 Jun 1780 Washington County, Virginia, USA - )
           │ + Albert "Thomas" Snoddy, Esq
(26 Jan 1761 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA -            │ 26 Jun 1839 Snoddyville, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─James Blackburn
(2 Oct 1782 Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA - 13 Nov 1860 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ Catherine Jamison
(24 Oct 1784 Virginia, USA - 5 Sep 1867)
           │      └─John Blackburn
(10 Feb 1806 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 24 Apr 1883 Missouri, USA)
           │       + Christina Branner
(23 Jul 1810 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA -            │       24 Jan 1881 Burris Fork, Moniteau County, Missouri, USA)
           └─Nancy Blackburn
(7 Apr 1785 Washington County, Virginia, USA - 26 Apr 1851 Macoupin County, Illinois, USA)
            + John Carson
(1776 - 1826)