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.
Jacob Kuebler
(Abt 1710 Siegen, Germanic Nassau - Aft 1779)
     └─Jacob Armay Keebler
(1728 Berks Co, PA - 1 Sep 1815 Kendricks Creek, Washington, TN)
      Catherina Fagin
(1 Jun 1739 Augusta Co, VA - Bef 1800 Virginia)
           └─Jacob Armay Keebler, II
(23 Oct 1765 Newcastle Co, DE - 1 Jun 1839 Washington Co, TN)
            Mary Barbara Young
(17 Sep 1765 Marcus Hook, Chester, PA - 3 Jul 1842 Washington Co, TN)
                 ├─Sarah Keebler
(16 Apr 1786 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA - 10 Feb 1867 Washington Co, TN) =>
                 │ + John Kincheloe
(24 Apr 1789 Fall Branch, Washington, TN - 2 Jan 1853 Washington Co, TN)
                 ├─John Keebler
(27 Jun 1787 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA - 9 May 1882 Cleveland, Bradley, TN) =>
                 │ + Anna Haws
(7 Jan 1788 Washington Co, TN - 16 Feb 1863 Tasso, Bradley, TN)
                 ├─James Keebler
(26 Dec 1789 Berkeley, James, VA - 15 Nov 1859 Keebler Crossroads, Washington, TN) =>
                 │ + Sarah Haws
(22 Dec 1794 Washington Co, VA - 18 Jun 1888 Washington Co, TN)
                 ├─Jacob Armay Keebler, III
(6 Apr 1792 Buffalo Creek, Rockbridge, VA - 23 Aug 1877 Washington Co, TN) =>
                 │ + Mary Polly Haws
(Abt 1794 Virginia - )
                 ├─Mary Keebler
(8 Apr 1794 Rockbridge Co, VA - 30 Nov 1881 Washington Co, TN)
                 │ + Jacob Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;1 Aug 1802 - 12 Oct 1859)
                 ├─Catherine Keebler
(15 May 1799 Kendricks Creek, Washington, TN - 15 Sep 1823 Washington Co, TN) =>
                 │ + Moses Ingersoll, III
(27 May 1797 Lee, Berkshire, MA - Aft 1840 Charleston, Charleston, SC)
                 ├─Malinda English Keebler
(14 Oct 1801 Kendricks Creek, Washington, TN - 13 Dec 1839 Washington Co, TN) =>
                 └─Samuel Keebler
(26 Aug 1804 Kendricks Creek, Washington, TN - 8 May 1892 Washington Co, TN)