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.
Frances America Dowell
(9 Dec 1816 - 31 Aug 1905 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
John Terry
(19 Jun 1815 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Dec 1886 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Martha Caroline (Patsy) Terry
(24 Jan 1835 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 30 Jun 1914 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Josiah (Sy) Kuykendall
(18 Feb 1834 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Sep 1918 Algood, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─William Franklin Kuykendall
(Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;1 Aug 1858 - 17 Apr 1935)
     │      │ Emily W Stone
(2 Oct 1864 Tennessee, USA - 5 Dec 1931 Algood, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Pearl Kuykendall
(Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;25 Aug 1885 - 8 Apr 1966)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      ├─Alfred Algood Kuykendall
(15 Jan 1887 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Sep 1956 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + D M Langford
(14 Oct 1911 Texas, USA - 5 Aug 2009 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Charles Thurman Kuykendall
(27 Apr 1895 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Dec 1965 Algood, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Sallie Florence Bilbrey
(14 Oct 1893 Overton County, Tennessee, USA - 30 Jan 1947 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      └─William A Kuykendall
(May 1900 Tennessee, USA - 1942)
     │      └─Fanning Kuykendall
(Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;26 May 1862 - 17 Feb 1910)
      James Edward Kuykendall
(15 Dec 1838 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 30 Sep 1871 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Pearllie A Kuykendall
(Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;18 May 1864 - 12 Sep 1881)
           ├─Mary Addie Kuykendall
(7 Jul 1866 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Feb 1884)
           │ + Alexander Pleasant Barnes
(20 Nov 1857 Tennessee, USA - 16 Mar 1931 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           └─James Lee Kuykendall
(Jun 1871 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
            Pearl Ann Thompson
(5 Apr 1885 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Feb 1974 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
                 ├─Parizetta Addieville Kuykendall
(14 Feb 1903 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA -                  │ 25 Sep 1987 Clinton Twp, Macomb County, Michigan, USA)
                 │ + William Hinson Putty
(8 Feb 1899 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA -                  │ 19 Sep 1952 Lansing Twp, Ingham County, Michigan, USA)
                 ├─Harvey Kuykendall
(22 May 1904 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Nov 1995 Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA) =>
                 │ + Janette Linn
(13 May 1915 Michigan, USA - 18 Feb 1983 Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA)
                 ├─Lena Pearl Kuykendall
(19 Jun 1906 Tennessee, USA - 6 Nov 1996 Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA)
                 ├─Mary Lee Kuykendall
(1910 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - )
                 │ + Fred M Ritter
(Abt 1904 Illinois, USA - )
                 └─Janie Louise Kuykendall
(13 Jun 1923 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA -                   30 Jul 2004 Grandville, Kent County, Michigan, USA)
                  + Ralph Ritchey
(31 Dec 1921 Daylight, Warren County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Apr 1995 Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA)