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.
Sarah Ann Lockhart
(1694 Northern Ireland - 1764 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
James Fulton
(1690 Ireland - 1753 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─Hugh Fulton, Jr
(9 Oct 1759 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 21 Mar 1816 Nicholas County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │ + Jane Rogers
(Ireland - 25 Aug 1835 Walnut Hills, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA)
     │      ├─John Fulton
(20 May 1768 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 20 Jan 1845 Patterson, Wayne County, Missouri, USA)
     │      │ + Jane Reid
(18 Nov 1778 Pennsylvania, USA - 28 Jul 1851 Patterson, Wayne County, Missouri, USA)
     │      └─Eleanor Fulton
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1781 - 10 Mar 1834)
     │       + Robert Hunter
     ├─James Fulton
(Abt 1729 Ireland - Abt 1801 Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Robert McCutchan
(17 Jul 1797 Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 29 Mar 1884 Norwood, Mercer County, Illinois, USA)
     │            │ + Mary Glasgow Finley
(10 Apr 1809 Adams County, Ohio, USA - 2 Sep 1854 McDonough County, Illinois, USA)
     │            ├─William L McCutchan
(18 Sep 1802 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 31 Jul 1876 Parke County, Indiana, USA) =>
     │            │ + Margaret Cooper
(Abt 1798 Virginia, USA - )
     │            ├─James McCutchen
(1804 Virginia, USA - 1885)
     │            │ + Susannah Harris
(1811 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 30 Sep 1883 Riverheads, Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Elizabeth McCutchan
(18 Dec 1806 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 4 Apr 1890 Parke County, Indiana, USA)
     │            │ + William Strain
(28 Jan 1805 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 30 Oct 1889 Parke County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─Sarah Elizabeth McCutchan
(22 Oct 1808 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 9 Apr 1877 Franklin County, Kansas, USA)
     │            │ + Charles Harmon McCutchen
(20 Dec 1814 Virginia, USA - 22 Oct 1864 1864(bur.))
     │            └─Jane McCutchan
(6 Mar 1812 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 4 Apr 1874 Milligan, Parke County, Indiana, USA)
     │             + William M Smiley
(18 Sep 1810 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 23 Oct 1874)
     ├─Eleanor Fulton
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;17 Dec 1740 - 1824)
     │ William McCutcheon
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1739 - 27 Dec 1785)
     │      └─James H McCutchan
(1761 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Abt 30 Dec 1822 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │       Elizabeth Hunter
(Abt 1766 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1846 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─Julie Ann McCutchan
(1785 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Abt 1826 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            │ + William May
     │            │ + Richard Lewis
     │            ├─James H. McCutchan
(Abt 1787 - )
     │            ├─Rebecca Sarah McCutchan
(5 Nov 1788 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 20 Nov 1841 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            │ + Syrinus Emmons
(Abt 1796 Virginia, USA - 28 Aug 1869)
     │            ├─William Eldon McCutcheon
(24 Dec 1792 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1 Jul 1875 Yamhill, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA) =>
     │            │ + Elizabeth Galloway
(17 Aug 1817 Kentucky, USA - 31 Oct 1904 Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
     │            ├─Samuel McCutchan
(6 Jan 1795 Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA - 26 Apr 1867 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA) =>
     │            │ + Sarah Reasor
(14 Nov 1805 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA - 20 May 1854 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─Priscilla McCutchan
(1796 Kentucky, USA - )
     │            │ + John Seals
(Abt 1795 Kentucky, USA - )
     │            ├─Hannah McCutchan
(Abt 1798 Scott County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │            ├─Fulton McCutchan
(1800 Scott County, Kentucky, USA - 14 Nov 1863 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─Elizabeth McCutchan
(1805 Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA - 28 Aug 1854 Cass, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA)
     │            │ + Humphrey Shepherd, Sr
(23 May 1801 Kentucky, USA - 4 Aug 1884)
     │            ├─Eleanor Ann McCutchan
(1810 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 7 Mar 1859 South River, Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
     │            │ + Jabin B Corby
(Abt 1820 Virginia, USA - )
     │            └─Martha R McCutchan
(1814 Indiana, USA - 23 Aug 1884 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
     │             + Thomas H Hindman
(25 Feb 1810 South Carolina, USA - 11 Oct 1894)
     ├─William Fulton
(Abt 1745 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1797)
     └─Thomas Fulton
(Abt 1745 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Aft 1806)