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.
Father: James Arbuckle, Sr
(30 Aug 1713 Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland - Apr 1783 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV)
Mother: Margaret Thompson
(1 Jan 1714 Scotland - 1761 Augusta Co, VA)
William Arbuckle
(3 Mar 1752 Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, VA - 21 Mar 1836 Mason Co, WV)
Catherine Madison
(1754 Augusta Co, VA - 18 Jul 1818 Buffalo, Putnam, WV)
     ├─Jane Madison Arbuckle
(2 Apr 1780 Fort Union, Greenbrier, WV - Sep 1826)
     │ Joseph McMullen
(Abt 1777 Botetourt Co, VA - 1840 Mason Co, WV)
     ├─Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle
(4 Apr 1784 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 13 Sep 1847 Pendleton, Madison, IN)
     │ John Griffith Nelson
(2 Apr 1776 Mason Co, WV - 23 Sep 1817 Pendleton, Madison, IN)
     │      ├─William 'Arbuckle' Nelson
(13 Sep 1807 Mason Co, WV - 4 Aug 1876 Cambria, Wayne, IA)
     │      │ Nancy Jane (Jenny) Greenlee
(20 Aug 1815 Mason Co, WV - 2 Jul 1890 Shawnee, Pottawatomie, OK)
     │      │      ├─Martha Ann Nelson
(20 May 1830 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 15 Dec 1915)
     │      │      │ + William White
(18 Mar 1829 Illinois - 22 May 1885)
     │      │      │ + Francis Valbert
(10 Mar 1828 Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France - 28 Jan 1916 Flora, Clay, IL)
     │      │      ├─Marshall Nelson
(15 Dec 1832 Mason Co, WV - 19 Jan 1912 Shawnee, Pottawatomie, OK) =>
     │      │      │ + Sarah A Thompson
(28 Jan 1843 Pennsylvania - 2 Apr 1912 Shawnee, Pottawatomie, OK)
     │      │      │ + Sarah McCutcheon
(1837 Indiana - 1894)
     │      │      │ + Henrietta Taylor
(Jun 1857 Davis Co, IA - 1937 Wayne Co, IA)
     │      │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(20 May 1836 Madison Co, IN - 24 Jan 1913 Chariton, Lucas, IA)
     │      │      │ + Andrew Jackson (Jack) Chapman
(5 Jan 1831 West Virginia - 23 Jan 1903 Cambria, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      ├─Clark Greenlee Nelson
(15 May 1838 Madison Co, IN - 6 Oct 1895 Iowa City, Johnson, IA) =>
     │      │      │ + Ella Amelia Taylor
(18 Jan 1844 Lee Co, IA - 19 Jul 1914 Burden, Cowley, KS)
     │      │      ├─Mary Elizabeth Nelson
(18 May 1838 Madison Co, IN - 2 Aug 1912 Escondido, San Diego, CA)
     │      │      │ + Joseph Miskimmon
(2 Nov 1836 Ohio - 1913 Centerville, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      ├─French L Nelson
(3 Sep 1840 Madison Co, IN - 26 Jul 1917 Allerton, Wayne, IA) =>
     │      │      │ + Mary Elizabeth Greenlee
(4 Jun 1846 Leon, Mason, WV - 14 Oct 1890 Allerton, Wayne, IA)
     │      │      ├─Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Nelson
(18 Feb 1842 Madison Co, IN - 13 Sep 1906 Leon, Decatur, IA) =>
     │      │      │ + Josiah McCutchan
(27 Oct 1833 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 3 Apr 1891 Leon, Decatur, IA)
     │      │      │ + Edwin G Evans
(Aug 1824 Cheddar, Somerset, England - 12 Mar 1906 Leon, Decatur, IA)
     │      │      ├─Catherine Nelson
(Madison Co, IN;1 Feb 1844 - 16 Oct 1845)
     │      │      ├─Frances Nelson
(4 Jun 1846 Madison Co, IN - 3 Aug 1906 DeWitt, Clinton, IA) =>
     │      │      │ + Samuel C Newbern
(3 Sep 1839 New Jersey - 2 Oct 1932)
     │      │      │ + Charles Samuel Saddoris
(Iowa City, Johnson, IA;20 Aug 1849 - 22 Feb 1921)
     │      │      └─James Lewis Nelson
(13 Feb 1848 Madison Co, IN - 12 Mar 1907 Oskaloosa, Mahaska, IA)
     │      │       + Harriet Agnes (Hattie) Clark
(8 May 1844 Ohio - 24 Feb 1906)
     │      ├─Davis Griffith Nelson
(1809 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Aft 1880)
     │      ├─Thompson Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 17 Sep 1884 Wisconsin)
     │      │ Mary Ann Greenlee
(1814 West Virginia - 30 Apr 1898 Spooner, Washburn, WI)
     │      │      ├─James Craig Nelson
(22 Jun 1834 Indiana - 15 Oct 1923 Carter Co, MO) =>
     │      │      │ + Caroline Matilda Danforth
(18 Sep 1844 Medford, Middlesex, MA - 17 Feb 1906)
     │      │      ├─John Griffin Nelson
(Jun 1839 Indiana - 28 Dec 1936 Crewe, Nottoway, VA) =>
     │      │      │ + Melissa Adelma Wright
(2 Mar 1847 Maine - 10 Mar 1945 Crewe, Nottoway, VA)
     │      │      ├─Mary Frances Nelson
(Jul 1840 Lagro, Wabash, IN - 1906 Spooner, Washburn, WI)
     │      │      │ + Oliver Campbell
(17 Nov 1832 Indiana Co, PA - 14 Apr 1869 Farmington, Polk, WI)
     │      │      │ + William Armstrong Mack
(Jul 1845 Pennsylvania - 21 Aug 1916 Spooner, Washburn, WI)
     │      │      └─Catharine Nelson
(10 May 1850 Lagro, Wabash, IN - 15 Apr 1869 East Farmington, Polk, WI)
     │      │       + William James Wright
(Sep 1842 Maine - Aft 1905 Spooner, Washburn, WI)
     │      ├─Eliza Jane Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 12 Feb 1881 Dade Co, MO)
     │      │ + John Sullivan
(25 Dec 1794 Virginia - 24 Jul 1889 Dade Co, MO)
     │      ├─John Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason, WV;30 Dec 1812 - 27 Jan 1818)
     │      ├─Mary Ann Nelson
(6 Feb 1814 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Aft 1880)
     │      │ + John Blazer
(12 Mar 1810 Ohio - 27 Aug 1873 Madison Co, IN)
     │      ├─Katherine Madison Nelson
(18 Oct 1816 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 11 Jun 1893 Fall Creek Township, Madison, IN)
     │      │ + William Gilmore
(8 Jun 1800 - 4 May 1857)
     │      ├─Elizabeth R Nelson
(28 Dec 1818 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Aft 1880 Kansas)
     │      │ + Living
     │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(19 Oct 1820 Mason Co, WV - 18 Jan 1880 Anderson, Madison, IN)
     │      │ Milas Forcum
(10 Aug 1828 North Carolina - 1 Dec 1877 Anderson, Madison, IN)
     │      │      └─Margaret Forcum
(Anderson, Madison, IN;23 Feb 1855 - 30 Jan 1931)
     │      ├─Frances Nelson
(5 Dec 1822 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 16 May 1846 Madison Co, IN)
     │      ├─John W. Nelson
(29 Jan 1825 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - Aft 1880 Indiana)
     │      │ Margaret Eakin
(Abt 1833 Tennessee - )
     │      │      ├─Nancy B Nelson
(Abt 1859 Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │      ├─Jonora M Nelson
(15 Aug 1864 Brown, Hancock, IN - 17 Nov 1914 Jackson Twp, Hancock, IN)
     │      │      │ + William D Steel
(Sep 1864 Hancock Co, IN - )
     │      │      ├─Robert Eakin Nelson
(Brown, Hancock, IN;11 Feb 1868 - 9 Sep 1926) =>
     │      │      │ + Idola Ann Lynam
(6 Nov 1874 Gwynneville, Shelby, IN - 22 Feb 1950 Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN)
     │      │      └─Nettie A Nelson
(Sep 1873 Brown, Hancock, IN - )
     │      │       + George Riley Hull
(15 Feb 1865 Hancock Co, IN - )
     │      ├─Susan Nelson
(20 Mar 1827 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 1873 Madison Co, IN)
     │      │ + Washington Fort
(19 Jan 1828 Rushville, Rush, IN - 4 Oct 1912 Vernon, Hancock, IN)
     │      ├─Agnes Nelson
(22 Jun 1829 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 13 Oct 1906 Madison Co, IN)
     │      │ + Edwin Trueblood
(2 May 1827 North Carolina - 29 Sep 1911 Adams Twp, Madison, IN)
     │      └─Maglin Nelson
(13 Aug 1831 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV - 5 Jan 1915 Kennard, Henry, IN)