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: William Billingsley
(Calvert County, Maryland, USA;Oct 1670 - Jul 1716)
Mother: Clearanna Bowles
(Calvert County, Maryland, USA;1670 - 4 Aug 1716)
William Billingsley, Jr.
(1691 Calvert County, Maryland, USA - 16 Dec 1745 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA)
Mary Emily Sumner
(Nov 1696 Calvert County, Maryland, USA - Dec 1740 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA)
     ├─Mary Sumner Billingsley
(Bef 1720 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA - )
     ├─James B Billingsley
(Apr 1726 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA - 25 Jan 1776 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ Elizabeth Crabtree
(5 Nov 1726 St Johns Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - 5 Nov 1839 McMinn County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Samuel Billingsley
(Jun 1747 St Mary's, St Mary's County, Maryland, USA - 10 Jun 1816 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Mary Griffith
(1 Sep 1753 Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA - 1 Sep 1838 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Samuel Billingsley, Jr
(9 Apr 1775 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA - 29 Apr 1857 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Nancy Howard Mulkey
(9 Apr 1780 North Carolina, USA - 4 Sep 1850 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─William Billingsley
(16 Jan 1779 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA - Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA)
     │      │      ├─Jeptha Billingsley
(1780 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - 25 Oct 1863 Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Miriam (Myra?) Randolph
(1785 Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA - 1854 Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      ├─John Billingsley
(10 Sep 1781 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - 25 May 1856 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Martha Blackwood
(12 Mar 1786 North Carolina, USA - 11 Mar 1829 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Jane T Hoodenpile
(25 Apr 1812 North Carolina, USA -      │      │      │ 3 Sep 1894 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Thomas Billingsley
(30 Dec 1782 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - 1849 Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA)
     │      │      │ + Nancy Courtney Allen
(1783 North Carolina, USA - 1843 Morgan City, Morgan County, Alabama, USA)
     │      │      ├─Amanda Billingsley
(Abt 1783 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Elijah Billingsley
(1786 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - 1853 Galveston County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Sarah Billingsley
(Abt 1788 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │      └─Nancy Billingsley
(Abt 1790 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─James Billingsley
(Oct 1749 Maryland, USA - 1809 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      ├─Elizabeth Billingsley
(1751 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA - 1781)
     │      │ + Teldean Lane
(Est 1750 - )
     │      ├─John Billingsley, Sr
(17 Aug 1753 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA - 19 Sep 1844 Warren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │ Jean Millsaps
(7 May 1754 - 8 Feb 1842)
     │      │      ├─Sarah Billingsley
(Apr 1773 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA - 16 May 1854 Blount County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Alexander Haile
(25 Sep 1768 Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - 7 Jul 1862 Blount County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Jesse Billingsley
(22 Feb 1774 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA - 28 Jul 1821 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Elizabeth Billingsley
(May 1776 North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─James Billingsley
(Aug 1778 Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA - Betw 1854 and 1860 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │      │ + Rebecca or Sarah Haile
(1779 Virginia, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Thomas Billingsley
(1781 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - Betw 1852 and 1860 Sevier County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Mary (Polly) Billingsley
(1783 North Carolina, USA - Illinois, USA)
     │      │      ├─John Billingsley, Jr
(7 Apr 1786 North Carolina, USA - 12 Sep 1844 Warren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │      ├─Samuel Billingsley
(11 Feb 1789 Onslow County, North Carolina, USA - 24 Feb 1882 Izard County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Ruth Haile
(1793 Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - 2 May 1832 Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Elizabeth Lewis
(1795 Tennessee, USA - 17 Apr 1857 Franklin, Izard County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Catherine Elizabeth Carr
(1 Dec 1800 South Carolina, USA -      │      │      │ 30 Jan 1871 Franklin County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Jane Billingsley
(1792 North Carolina, USA - Aft 1860 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Edward Mercer
(1787 Tennessee, USA - Abt 1860 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      └─Jacob Billingsley
(1795 Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA - Abt 1848 Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Claranna Billingsley
(1756 Maryland, USA - 1781)
     │      ├─William Henry Billingsley
(11 Oct 1758 Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - Jul 1820 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ + Elizabeth Gowdy
(Est 1759 - )
     │      ├─Martha Billingsley
(3 May 1760 Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - Jan 1786 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      ├─Walter Billingsley
(14 Jul 1761 Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - Aft 1840 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Living
     │      └─Bazil Billingsley
(2 Jun 1764 Baltimore County, Maryland, USA - 1831 Richmond County, North Carolina, USA)