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.
Nancy Johnson
(10 Jul 1765 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA - 4 Sep 1825 Franklin County, Tennessee, USA)
Matthew Kuykendall
(9 Feb 1758 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA - 15 Aug 1841 De Soto County, Mississippi, USA)
     ├─Rebecca Kuykendall
(17 Feb 1785 South Carolina, USA - 1835)
     ├─Abner Kuykendall
(6 Jan 1807 Tennessee, USA - 8 Nov 1867 Johnson County, Texas, USA)
     │ Maria Duff
(12 Dec 1811 Kentucky, USA - 14 Jun 1892 Texas, USA)
     │      └─George Richardson Kuykendall
(8 Mar 1841 Fayette County, Texas, USA - 25 Jan 1908 Jack County, Texas, USA)
     │       Eliza Caroline Willis
(19 Nov 1844 Coffee County, Tennessee, USA - 28 Sep 1901 Jack County, Texas, USA)
     │            ├─Augustus Bushel Kuykendall
(20 Jan 1866 Johnson County, Texas, USA - 5 Jun 1938 Graham, Young County, Texas, USA) =>
     │            │ + Mary Prudence Ham
(3 Apr 1869 Leon County, Texas, USA - 14 Nov 1953 Jack County, Texas, USA)
     │            ├─Minnie Ola Kuykendall
(7 Feb 1870 Johnson County, Texas, USA - 5 Dec 1957 Graham, Young County, Texas, USA)
     │            │ + Thomas Miller Carter
(Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA;22 Jan 1867 - 24 Oct 1925)
     │            ├─Abe Levi Kuykendall
(24 Sep 1875 Johnson County, Texas, USA - 12 Sep 1911 Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas, USA) =>
     │            │ + Martha Katherine Powers
(22 Jan 1880 Texas, USA - 2 Oct 1956 Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas, USA)
     │            └─Georgette Kuykendall
(Jack County, Texas, USA;29 Jan 1879 - 31 Mar 1882)
     ├─Nancy Kuykendall
(30 Aug 1812 Tennessee, USA - )
     └─Absalom Kuykendall
(25 Aug 1814 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Jan 1901 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
      Nancy Dean
(17 Dec 1816 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA - 2 May 1853 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
      :     ├─Ruth Clarinda Kuykendall
(18 Jul 1835 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Jun 1926 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
      :     ├─John Calloway Kuykendall
(22 Oct 1836 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA - 30 Apr 1912 Sperry, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA)
      :     │ Parthenia Evaline Galland
(20 Sep 1845 Lee County, Iowa, USA - 22 Dec 1872 Dow City, Dickinson County, Iowa, USA)
      :     │ :     ├─Absolam David Kuykendall
(7 Sep 1858 Iowa, USA - 2 May 1920 Checotah, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, USA)
      :     │ :     ├─William Selem Keykendall
(3 Apr 1861 Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa, USA -       :     │ :     │ 18 Feb 1943 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA) =>
      :     │ :     │ + Marion Emma Hooker
(12 Oct 1863 Wisconsin, USA - 14 Nov 1930 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA)
      :     │ :     │ + Charles S DeWolf
(26 Sep 1864 Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, USA - 23 Jun 1929 Maywood, Cook County, Illinois, USA)
      :     │ :     ├─Rose Altha Kuykendall
(1868 Shelby County, Iowa, USA - 17 Apr 1926 Cook County, Illinois, USA)
      :     │ :     │ + Alexander Shatz
(Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA;22 Dec 1856 - 21 Jan 1924)
      :     │ :     └─Henry Russell Kuykendall
(27 Aug 1870 Union, Crawford County, Iowa, USA - Mar 1930 Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, USA)
      :     │ :      + Bettie Marguerite Crownover
(Jun 1878 Franklin County, Tennessee, USA - 1957)
      :     │ :     ├─Henry Russell Kuykendall
(27 Aug 1870 Union, Crawford County, Iowa, USA - Mar 1930 Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, USA)
      :     │ :     │ + Bettie Marguerite Crownover
(Jun 1878 Franklin County, Tennessee, USA - 1957)
      :     │ :     └─Nancy Charlotte Kuykendall
(26 Nov 1879 Maple, Ida County, Iowa, USA - 23 Oct 1888 Anderson County, Kansas, USA)
      :     │ Sarah Elizabeth Colby
(18 Aug 1855 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA -       :     │ 4 Nov 1918 Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa, USA)
      :     │      ├─Nancy Charlotte Kuykendall
(26 Nov 1879 Maple, Ida County, Iowa, USA - 23 Oct 1888 Anderson County, Kansas, USA)
      :     │      ├─Harry Alexander Kuykendall
(6 Apr 1887 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA - 9 Jan 1950 Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, USA) =>
      :     │      │ + Mathilda Charlotte Alvine Nachtigall
(3 Oct 1887 Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, USA -       :     │      │ 18 May 1966 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA)
      :     │      ├─Horace Charles Kuykendall
(4 Jul 1896 Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA - 12 Jul 1945 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA)
      :     │      │ + Lola Elise Straight
(1 Jul 1901 Panama, Shelby County, Iowa, USA - 9 Jan 1990 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA)
      :     │      └─Lester Owen Kuykendall
(16 Jan 1899 Sperry, Clayton County, Iowa, USA - 3 Jul 1966 Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, USA)
      :     ├─Nancy Jane Kuykendall
(5 Mar 1839 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA - 3 May 1928 Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, USA)
      :     │ + David S Miller
(6 Jun 1836 Pennsylvania, USA - 5 Apr 1916 Crawford County, Iowa, USA)
      :     ├─Mary Elizabeth Kuykendall
(11 Feb 1841 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA -       :     │ 14 Nov 1916 Crescent City, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA)
      :     ├─Abner Robertson Kuykendall
(21 Apr 1842 Texas, USA - 24 Jul 1910 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
      :     ├─William Dean Kuykendall
(15 Oct 1844 Texas, USA - 18 Aug 1919 Dow City, Dickinson County, Iowa, USA)
      :     ├─Andrew Briggs Kuykendall
(26 May 1846 La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, USA - 7 May 1916 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
      :     ├─Mildred Minishia Kuykendall
(12 Feb 1848 La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, USA - )
      :     ├─Wiley Preston Kuykendall
(24 Nov 1850 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Apr 1936 Mancos, La Plata County, Colorado, USA)
      :     └─Absalom Russell Kuykendall
(17 Oct 1852 La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, USA -       :      24 Dec 1941 San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
      :      + Eugelia Gibbs
(27 Jun 1866 Hubbardston, Ionia County, Michigan, USA - 10 May 1956 Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA)
      :      Ella Amanda Woolsey
(Fremont County, Iowa, USA;22 Apr 1860 - 30 Sep 1907)
      :           └─Fern June Kuykendall
(24 Jun 1894 Page County, Iowa, USA - 20 Jan 1904)
      Drusilla Dragoo
(11 Jan 1820 Illinois, USA - Sep 1905 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
           ├─Druzilla Amanda Kuykendall
(12 Apr 1856 Charlevoix County, Michigan, USA - 21 Feb 1942 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA)
           │ + James Lowe Jackson
(11 Nov 1858 Missouri, USA - 26 Aug 1929 Eder, Concho County, Texas, USA)
           ├─Matthew Kuykendall
(Abt 1858 Iowa, USA - )
           ├─James Kuykendall
(Abt 1861 Iowa, USA - )
           ├─David Kuykendall
(Abt 1863 Iowa, USA - )