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 County, West Virginia, USA)
Mother: Margaret Thompson
(1 Jan 1714 Scotland - 1761 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
William Arbuckle
(3 Mar 1752 Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA - 21 Mar 1836 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
Catherine Madison
(1754 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 18 Jul 1818 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     ├─Jane Madison Arbuckle
(2 Apr 1780 Fort Union, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - Sep 1826)
     │ Joseph McMullen
(Abt 1777 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA - 1840 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─William Arbuckle McMullen
(Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA;3 Sep 1800 - 14 Oct 1872)
     │      ├─Katherine Madison McMullen
(27 Apr 1801 - 30 Dec 1835)
     │      │ + Henry Hannan
(22 Apr 1796 West Virginia, USA - 16 Oct 1852 Ohio, USA)
     │      ├─Mary D (Polly) McMullen
(8 Jan 1803 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 6 Apr 1836 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      │ George Russel Craig, Jr
(8 Dec 1795 Virginia, USA - 23 Aug 1845 Missouri, USA)
     │      │      ├─Henry H Craig
(1 Jan 1830 - )
     │      │      └─Jane Ann Craig
(8 Jun 1834 - )
     │      ├─Madison B McMullen
(Abt 1808 Mason County, Virginia, USA - 20 Jan 1888 Callaway County, Missouri, USA)
     │      ├─Alexander L McMullen
(1810 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 1888 Crawford County, Missouri, USA)
     │      │ + Sarah Ann Richardson
(10 Jun 1829 Missouri, USA - 30 Sep 1892 Crawford County, Missouri, USA)
     │      ├─Jane Ann McMullen
(8 Nov 1812 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 27 Jun 1853 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      │ + James Beatty
(16 Sep 1802 Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA - 6 Mar 1887 Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, USA)
     │      └─John N McMullen
(Abt 1815 Virginia, USA - )
     ├─Margaret Thompson Arbuckle
(26 Mar 1782 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 21 Jan 1835)
     ├─Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle
(4 Apr 1784 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │ 13 Sep 1847 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │ John Griffith Nelson
(2 Apr 1776 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 23 Sep 1817 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      ├─William 'Arbuckle' Nelson
(13 Sep 1807 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 4 Aug 1876 Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │ Nancy Jane (Jenny) Greenlee
(20 Aug 1815 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 2 Jul 1890 Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │      ├─Martha Ann Nelson
(20 May 1830 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 15 Dec 1915)
     │      │      │ + William White
(18 Mar 1829 Illinois, USA - 22 May 1885)
     │      │      │ + Francis Valbert
(10 Mar 1828 Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France -      │      │      │ 28 Jan 1916 Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA)
     │      │      ├─Marshall Nelson
(15 Dec 1832 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 19 Jan 1912 Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Sarah A Thompson
(28 Jan 1843 Pennsylvania, USA - 2 Apr 1912 Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │      ├─John Morris Nelson
(26 Sep 1834 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 2 Jul 1901 Humeston, Wayne County, Iowa, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Sarah McCutcheon
(1837 Indiana, USA - 1894)
     │      │      │ + Henrietta Taylor
(Jun 1857 Davis County, Iowa, USA - 1937 Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(20 May 1836 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 24 Jan 1913 Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      │ + Andrew Jackson (Jack) Chapman
(5 Jan 1831 West Virginia, USA - 23 Jan 1903 Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      ├─Clark Greenlee Nelson
(15 May 1838 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 6 Oct 1895 Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Ella Amelia Taylor
(18 Jan 1844 Lee County, Iowa, USA - 19 Jul 1914 Burden, Cowley County, Kansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Mary Elizabeth Nelson
(18 May 1838 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 2 Aug 1912 Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA)
     │      │      │ + Joseph Miskimmon
(2 Nov 1836 Ohio, USA - 1913 Centerville, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      ├─French L Nelson
(3 Sep 1840 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 26 Jul 1917 Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Mary Elizabeth Greenlee
(4 Jun 1846 Leon, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 14 Oct 1890 Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      ├─Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Nelson
(18 Feb 1842 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 13 Sep 1906 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Josiah McCutchan
(27 Oct 1833 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 3 Apr 1891 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      │ + Edwin G Evans
(Aug 1824 Cheddar, Somerset, England - 12 Mar 1906 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      ├─Catherine Nelson
(Madison County, Indiana, USA;1 Feb 1844 - 16 Oct 1845)
     │      │      ├─Frances Nelson
(4 Jun 1846 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 3 Aug 1906 DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Samuel C Newbern
(3 Sep 1839 New Jersey, USA - 2 Oct 1932)
     │      │      │ + Charles Samuel Saddoris
(Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA;20 Aug 1849 - 22 Feb 1921)
     │      │      └─James Lewis Nelson
(13 Feb 1848 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 12 Mar 1907 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │       + Harriet Agnes (Hattie) Clark
(8 May 1844 Ohio, USA - 24 Feb 1906)
     │      ├─Davis Griffith Nelson
(1809 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880)
     │      ├─Thompson Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 17 Sep 1884 Wisconsin, USA)
     │      │ Mary Ann Greenlee
(1814 West Virginia, USA - 30 Apr 1898 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      │      ├─James Craig Nelson
(22 Jun 1834 Indiana, USA - 15 Oct 1923 Carter County, Missouri, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Caroline Matilda Danforth
(18 Sep 1844 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA - 17 Feb 1906)
     │      │      ├─John Griffin Nelson
(Jun 1839 Indiana, USA - 28 Dec 1936 Crewe, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Melissa Adelma Wright
(2 Mar 1847 Maine, USA - 10 Mar 1945 Crewe, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Mary Frances Nelson
(Jul 1840 Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA - 1906 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      │      │ + Oliver Campbell
(17 Nov 1832 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA - 14 Apr 1869 Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      │      │ + William Armstrong Mack
(Jul 1845 Pennsylvania, USA - 21 Aug 1916 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      │      └─Catharine Nelson
(10 May 1850 Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA - 15 Apr 1869 East Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      │       + William James Wright
(Sep 1842 Maine, USA - Aft 1905 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
     │      ├─Eliza Jane Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 12 Feb 1881 Dade County, Missouri, USA)
     │      │ + John Sullivan
(25 Dec 1794 Virginia, USA - 24 Jul 1889 Dade County, Missouri, USA)
     │      ├─John Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA;30 Dec 1812 - 27 Jan 1818)
     │      ├─Mary Ann Nelson
(6 Feb 1814 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880)
     │      │ + John Blazer
(12 Mar 1810 Ohio, USA - 27 Aug 1873 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      ├─Katherine Madison Nelson
(18 Oct 1816 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │      │ 11 Jun 1893 Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │ + William Gilmore
(8 Jun 1800 - 4 May 1857)
     │      ├─Elizabeth R Nelson
(28 Dec 1818 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880 Kansas, USA)
     │      │ + Living
     │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(19 Oct 1820 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 18 Jan 1880 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │ Milas Forcum
(10 Aug 1828 North Carolina, USA - 1 Dec 1877 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │      └─Margaret Forcum
(Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA;23 Feb 1855 - 30 Jan 1931)
     │      ├─Frances Nelson
(5 Dec 1822 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 16 May 1846 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      ├─John W. Nelson
(29 Jan 1825 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880 Indiana, USA)
     │      │ Margaret Eakin
(Abt 1833 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Nancy B Nelson
(Abt 1859 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Jonora M Nelson
(15 Aug 1864 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - 17 Nov 1914 Jackson Twp, Hancock County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │      │ + William D Steel
(Sep 1864 Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Robert Eakin Nelson
(Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA;11 Feb 1868 - 9 Sep 1926) =>
     │      │      │ + Idola Ann Lynam
(6 Nov 1874 Gwynneville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA - 22 Feb 1950 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │      └─Nettie A Nelson
(Sep 1873 Brown, Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      │       + George Riley Hull
(15 Feb 1865 Hancock County, Indiana, USA - )
     │      ├─Susan Nelson
(20 Mar 1827 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 1873 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │ + Washington Fort
(19 Jan 1828 Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, USA - 4 Oct 1912 Vernon, Hancock County, Indiana, USA)
     │      ├─Agnes Nelson
(22 Jun 1829 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 13 Oct 1906 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      │ + Edwin Trueblood
(2 May 1827 North Carolina, USA - 29 Sep 1911 Adams Twp, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │      └─Maglin Nelson
(13 Aug 1831 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 5 Jan 1915 Kennard, Henry County, Indiana, USA)
     ├─William Arbuckle, Jr.
(26 Nov 1788 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 1805 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     ├─Elizabeth Arbuckle
(15 Jul 1790 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 29 Jul 1861 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │ Samuel Alexander
(17 May 1784 Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 6 Nov 1874 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─William Arbuckle Alexander
(3 Nov 1816 Arbuckle, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │      │ 1 Apr 1885 Fraziers Bottom, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │      │ + Leonora C Ruffner
(22 May 1836 West Virginia, USA - 13 Jul 1913)
     │      ├─Catherine Madison Alexander
(7 Oct 1818 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 30 Aug 1892 West Virginia, USA)
     │      │ + Benjamin H Sterrett
(Jan 1813 Virginia, USA - 15 Mar 1892 West Virginia, USA)
     │      ├─Samuel Alexander, Jr
(Est 1820 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - )
     │      ├─Andrew B Alexander
(Mar 1826 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 12 May 1905)
     │      │ + Caroline Elizabeth Ruffner
(Sep 1833 Virginia, USA - 29 Sep 1905)
     │      └─Matthew T Alexander
(Mason County, West Virginia, USA;Est 1828 - Est 1828)
     ├─Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle
(11 Jul 1793 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │ 16 Oct 1859 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │ William Langtry
(Virginia, USA - 1824)
     │ :     ├─Arbuckle S Langtry
(Abt 1820 - )
     │ + James Kennerly Craig
(12 Jul 1794 Tinkling Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, USA -      │ 21 Jun 1854 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     ├─Frances Littlepage Arbuckle
(11 Jul 1793 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │ Dec 1801 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA)
     └─Nancy Arbuckle
(Kanawha City, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA;8 Sep 1796 - 21 Dec 1801)