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.
:     └─William Rufus Hutcheson
(25 Sep 1832 Dallas Co, AL - 21 Nov 1911 Tishomingo Co, MS)
:      Easter Ann Bennett
(29 Jun 1830 South Carolina - 11 Sep 1902 Tishomingo Co, MS)
:           ├─Isaac Francis Hutcheson
(Abt 1852 Alabama - )
:           ├─Jasper Newton Hutcheson
(25 Jul 1854 Alabama - 8 Mar 1931)
:           │ Nancy Elizabeth Newell
(23 Mar 1852 Alabama - 14 Apr 1897)
:           │ :     ├─Isaac Marion Hutcheson
(16 Nov 1873 Tishomingo Co, MS - 5 Jun 1945 Red Bay, Franklin, AL)
:           │ :     │ Rebecca Lou Blanton
(18 Apr 1882 Mississippi - 2 Apr 1944 Red Bay, Franklin, AL)
:           │ :     │      ├─Edgar L Hutcheson
(21 Mar 1906 Hardin Co, TN - 29 Apr 1970 Baldwyn, Lee, MS)
:           │ :     │      │ Eddie Mae Scott
(13 Mar 1907 - 31 May 2002 Amory, Monroe, MS)
:           │ :     │      │      └─Elsie Mae Hutcheson
(16 Mar 1948 - 11 Jun 1958 Mississippi)
:           │ :     │      ├─Benjamin Franklin Hutcheson
(1919 Tennessee - Apr 1936 Red Bay, Franklin, AL)
:           │ :     │ Elizabeth Ann ??
(1881 Mississippi - 1959)
:           │ :     │      ├─Lillie L Hutcheson
(11 Dec 1900 Mississippi - 19 Jun 1955)
:           │ :     │      │ + Albert Luther Bates
(11 Apr 1896 Alabama - 30 Dec 1972)
:           │ :     │      ├─Frances E Hutcheson
(9 Nov 1903 Mississippi - Feb 1972)
:           │ :     │      │ + Doctor Selmer (Dock) Wigginton
(4 Jan 1894 Tishomingo Co, MS - 5 May 1977)
:           │ :     │      ├─Curtis Hutcheson
(15 Aug 1910 Lee Co, MS - 1953)
:           │ :     └─Nancy Jane Hutcheson
(7 Mar 1878 Mississippi - 1 Mar 1929)
:           │ :      + Benjamin Franklin Moore
(1875 Mississippi - 1949)
:           │ Lucy Jane Rutlege
(15 Aug 1868 Alabama - )
:           │      ├─Lily Mae Hutcheson
(25 May 1900 Alabama - 15 Feb 1973 Red Bay, Franklin, AL)
:           │      │ + John Pool
(Est 1900 - )
:           │      ├─Mary A Hutcheson
(14 Mar 1903 Mississippi - 27 Sep 1983 Franklin Co, AL)
:           │      │ + Claud Burns
(19 Mar 1900 Alabama - 6 Jun 1952 Franklin Co, AL)
:           │      ├─Rosa Ella Hutcheson
(7 Oct 1907 Mississippi - 19 May 1966)
:           │      │ + Dennis Woodfin Malone
(26 Jan 1878 Colbert Co, AL - 18 Apr 1950 Belmont, Franklin, AL)
:           │      │ + Robert C Fugitt
(13 Jul 1901 Prentiss Co, MS - 1972 Booneville, Prentiss, MS)
:           │      ├─Fannie M (Byrdie) Hutcheson
(13 Apr 1909 Rock Creek, Colbert, AL - 23 Oct 2000 Tishomingo Co, MS)
:           │      │ + Wheeler William Parrish
(14 Feb 1899 Alabama - 26 Jan 1984 Tishomingo Co, MS)
:           │      └─Sarah Ann Hutcheson
(17 Mar 1911 Rock Creek, Colbert, AL - 12 Dec 1982 Tishomingo Co, MS)
:           │       + Charlie Vincent Malone
(16 Feb 1899 Rock Creek, Colbert, AL - 20 Oct 1977 Tishomingo Co, MS)
:           ├─George W Hutcheson
(1856 - 1925)
:           ├─Andrew Jackson Hutcheson
(29 Nov 1858 Alabama - 13 Nov 1911 Cherokee Co, AL)
:           ├─James Hutcheson
(18 Mar 1862 Mississippi - 31 Jan 1936)
:           └─Mary A. E. Hutcheson
(28 Feb 1869 Mississippi - 12 Jul 1940)
:            + Robert E Moore
(6 Sep 1868 Tishomingo Co, MS - 10 Mar 1945)
+ Alexander William George
(17 Aug 1798 Caldwell Co, KY - 12 Mar 1877 Pleasant Site, Franklin, AL)