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.
     │      │       + Living
     │      ├─Mary Ethel Richmond
(27 Apr 1899 Cardiff, Scott, AR - Jul 1974 Little Rock, Pulaski, AR)
     │      │ William Augustus (Gus) McDaniel
(12 Sep 1893 Scott Co, AR - Nov 1973 Mountain Home, Baxter, AR)
     │      │      ├─Lloyd Eldon McDaniel
(5 Jan 1918 Scott Co, AR - 17 Dec 1988 Abilene, Taylor, TX)
     │      │      │ Mildred Elaine Fonville
(15 Mar 1919 Seymour, Baylor, TX - 23 Dec 1976 Enid, Garfield, OK)
     │      │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      │      └─Althea Louetta McDaniels
(8 Jul 1944 Kansas City, Jackson, MO - 12 Apr 2016 Denton, Denton, TX)
     │      │      │       + Living
     │      │      │       + Don R Rastley
(16 Nov 1938 - 23 Nov 2002 San Antonio, Bexar, TX)
     │      │      │       + Living
     │      │      ├─Gerald R McDaniel
(29 Mar 1921 Scott Co, AR - 23 Nov 2001 Kansas City, Clay, MO)
     │      │      │ Beatrice Hannah
(8 Dec 1921 Bolckow, Andrew, MO - 17 May 2015)
     │      │      │       + Living
     │      │      │       + Living
     │      │      ├─Mildred Eloise McDaniel
(26 Mar 1923 Scott Co, AR - 7 Jun 1999 Gurdon, Clark, AR)
     │      │      │ Barney Ray Wells
(Gurdon, Clark, AR;26 Jul 1922 - 2 Mar 1993)
     │      │             + Living
     │      ├─Lillian Mae (Lilly) Richmond
(12 Aug 1900 Cardiff, Scott, AR - 4 Jun 1975 Erick, Beckham, OK)
     │      │ Hugh House
(19 Dec 1897 Clay Co, KY - 18 Nov 1976 Erick, Beckham, OK)
     │      │      ├─Eulane Susie Tanner
(14 Mar 1918 Oklahoma - 3 Oct 1986 Alexandria, Alexandria, VA)
     │      │      │ James Luke Tanner
(8 Dec 1917 Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX - 22 Sep 1998 Alexandria, Alexandria, VA)
     │      │      │       + Living
     │      │      ├─Madeline House
(8 Apr 1920 Waldron, Scott, AR - 29 Dec 1993 Lubbock, Lubbock, TX)
     │      │      │ Herman Horace Hendrix
(20 Nov 1918 Beckham Co, OK - 1 Mar 1991 Lubbock, Lubbock, TX)
     │      │      ├─Treva Lee House
(11 Apr 1922 Waldron, Scott, AR - 29 Apr 2012 Peoria, Maricopa, AZ)
     │      │      │ + David Bert Henderson
(25 Sep 1920 Wewoka, Seminole, OK - 14 Aug 2006 Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, CA)
     │      │      └─Hugh Eva House
(11 Aug 1925 Waldron, Scott, AR - 16 Nov 1994 San Jose, Santa Clara, CA)
     │      │       + Bob Lake
(Est 1920 - )
     │      │       + Living
     │      ├─Ola Mamie Richmond
(16 May 1902 Cardiff, Scott, AR - 4 Jul 1999 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS)
     │      │ Clarence Wilbert May
(27 Feb 1900 Gassaway, Braxton, WV - 3 Aug 1976 Kansas City, Jackson, MO)
     │      │      ├─Kenneth Lee May
(20 Nov 1920 Waldron, Scott, AR - 10 Feb 1993 Bonner Springs, Wyandotte, KS)
     │      │      │ + Shirley Lee Page
(8 Feb 1925 Kansas City, Jackson, MO - 4 Feb 1996 Bonner Springs, Wyandotte, KS)
     │      │      └─Vincent Ray May
(7 May 1924 Tipton, Tillman, OK - 19 May 1978 Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO)
     │      │       + Living
     │      ├─Issac E Richmond
(10 Dec 1903 Cardiff, Scott, AR - 4 Nov 1971 Toledo, Lucas, OH)
     │      │ + Helen Mary Lavalette
(3 Nov 1908 Lenox, Berkshire, MA - 20 Feb 1978 Toledo, Lucas, OH)
     │      ├─John Howard Richmond
(26 Jun 1906 Cardiff, Scott, AR - 28 Jun 1979 Toledo, Lucas, OH)
     │      │ Bessie B Long
(13 Sep 1910 Clay Co, TN - 30 Jan 1978 Maumee, Lucas, OH)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      └─Lawrence D Richmond
(Toledo, Lucas, OH;27 Dec 1942 - 23 Apr 1987)
     │      ├─Delsie L Richmond
(29 Nov 1909 Scott Co, AR - 30 Mar 1998 Greenwood, Sebastian, AR)
     │      │ Gilbert G Beshears
(Scott Co, AR;30 Sep 1907 - 17 May 1992)
     │      │      ├─Willamette Beshears
(22 Dec 1928 Scott Co, AR - 4 Oct 1974 California)
     │      │      │ Living
     │      │      ├─Billy Gilbert Beshears
(4 Jul 1933 Scott Co, AR - 18 Jun 1988 Mansfield, Scott, AR)
     │      │      ├─Melba Dean Beshears
(2 Jun 1939 Scott Co, AR - 8 Jun 1961)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      └─Jerry Kent Beshears
(4 Dec 1941 Fort Smith, Sebastian, AR - 23 Aug 2007 Mansfield, Scott, AR)
     │      │       Living
     │      │      │ Samuel Edwin James
(26 Dec 1935 Newlin, Hall, TX - 17 Jan 2007 Waldron, Scott, AR)
     │      │ Dorris Jane Woods
(4 Jan 1927 Missouri - 31 Aug 2000 Waldron, Scott, AR)
     │      │      ├─Gweneth Joleen Richmond
(13 Apr 1943 Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA - 10 Oct 2003 Longview, Gregg, TX)
     │      │      │ Living
     │      │ :      + Living
     │      │ + Oliver Claude Hedges
(9 Jul 1922 - May 1986 Osceola, St Clair, MO)
     │      └─Clyde Clifford Richmond
(2 Nov 1919 Cardiff, Scott, AR - 10 Jun 2007 West Memphis, Crittenden, AR)
     │       Living
     │      │      │ Living
     │      │      │      ├─Vaud Ancil Travis, III
(12 Nov 1949 Pawhuska, Osage, OK - 3 Dec 1989 Tucson, Pima, AZ)
     │      │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      │      │ Living
     │      │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      │      └─James Lewis Travis
(Muskogee, Muskogee, OK;27 Mar 1960 - 5 Apr 1960)
     │      │      └─Lorena Louise Travis
(6 Aug 1928 Tahlequah, Cherokee, OK - 8 Jan 1996 Vian, Sequoyah, OK)
     │      ├─Dessie Mae Travis
(16 Dec 1897 Bates, Scott, AR - 16 Nov 1918 Fallon, Churchill, NV)
     │      │ George Lloyd Parrish
(31 Oct 1894 Oklahoma - 13 Apr 1968 Fallon, Churchill, NV)
     │      │      ├─James Lloyd Parrish
(Fallon, Churchill, NV;8 Jun 1915 - 11 Nov 1961)
     │      │      │ Margaret Rita Ward
(8 Nov 1919 Taunton, Bristol, MA - 2 Nov 1997 Reno, Washoe, NV)
     │      │      │      └─Patricia Louise (Trish) Robinson
(15 Dec 1964 Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA - 27 Oct 2002)
     │      │      │       Living
     │      │      ├─Laura Mae Travis
(30 Jan 1927 Johnstonville, Lassen, CA - 19 Aug 2009 Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      │ Joseph Frederick Frakes
(9 Dec 1921 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 3 Apr 2000 Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA)
     │      │      └─Betty Jean Travis
(7 Aug 1932 Johnstonville, Lassen, CA - 14 Mar 2009 Lompoc, Santa Barbara, CA)
     │      │       Joseph Gamaliel Herron
(30 Apr 1921 New York, New York, NY - 8 Nov 1989 Lompoc, Santa Barbara, CA)
            Frank Oliver Baker, Jr
(28 Jun 1924 Plainview, Hale, TX - 21 May 1957 Napa Co, CA)
                 └─Frankie Gene Baker
(20 May 1945 Kansas City, Jackson, MO - 7 Feb 2008 The Dalles, Wasco, OR)