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.
Philip Mulkey Tinsley
(5 Sep 1818 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Mar 1889 Clay County, Tennessee, USA)
     └─Malinda Anna Tinsley
(6 Dec 1843 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Sep 1912 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
      Peter Davis Kuykendall
(16 Feb 1849 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Apr 1876 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Anna Mary (Mamie) Kuykendall
(24 Aug 1869 Clay County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Sep 1953 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ Thomas Alfred Hutcheson
(16 Mar 1862 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 18 Apr 1952 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Norma Maude Hutcheson
(11 Dec 1891 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 31 Mar 1980 Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA) =>
           │      │ + Hubert Harris Haile, Sr
(31 Oct 1894 Tennessee, USA - 17 Apr 1980 Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Willette Narcissa Hutcheson
(Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;30 Jan 1893 - 11 Jul 1956) =>
           │      │ + Dr. John Oliver Cummins
(11 Oct 1892 Warren County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Apr 1982 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Ellis Campbell Hutcheson
(Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;27 Aug 1894 - 23 Feb 1980) =>
           │      │ + Benita Belle Nelson
(30 Sep 1900 Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa, USA - 20 Dec 1991 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Philip Tinsley Hutcheson
(Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;25 Aug 1896 - 16 Nov 1953) =>
           │      │ + May Frances Kittrell
(17 Nov 1896 Smith County, Tennessee, USA - 26 Jun 1983 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      │ + Nannie Jo Bullock
(4 Oct 1904 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 20 Dec 1980 Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      └─Anna Floy Hutcheson
(Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA;8 Jul 1902 - 19 Jun 1995) =>
           │       + U L Lynn
(11 Aug 1900 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Nov 1975 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Martha Dorinda (Dora) Kuykendall
(10 Feb 1872 Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Nov 1953 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
           │ Samuel H Fleming
(Dec 1868 Hilham, Overton County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Jun 1949 Nocona, Montague County, Texas, USA)
           │      └─Philip Ray Fleming
(27 Dec 1905 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Apr 1989 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
           └─Ellis Tinsley Kuykendall
(17 Oct 1874 Tennessee, USA - 16 Feb 1950 Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA)
            Mattie Rosilla Whitefield
(31 Jul 1885 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Jul 1936 Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA)
                 ├─Graydon Donley Kuykendall, Sr
(9 Feb 1905 Tennessee, USA - Jan 1981 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA) =>
                 │ + Mary Elizabeth Rankin
(28 Jul 1908 Tennessee, USA - 9 May 1958 Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA)
                 │ + Paul Ledbetter
                 ├─James Peter Kuykendall
(Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA;12 Oct 1909 - 13 Jul 1986) =>
                 │ + Charlotte Ann Williams
                 ├─Herbert Lloyd Kuykendall
(20 Oct 1912 Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA -                  │ 15 Mar 1985 Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA) =>
                 │ + Mattie 'Mildred' Hackworth
(15 Aug 1916 Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama, USA -                  │ 26 Sep 2002 Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA)
                 ├─Lorean Kuykendall
(Abt 1917 Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA - )
                 │ + Sallie Hire
                 └─Ora L Guykenaall
(Abt 1920 Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA - )