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.
Matilda Range
(May 1824 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 18 May 1906 Ontario, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
David 'Nelson' Bacon
(8 Aug 1824 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Oct 1913 Ontario, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     ├─Louiza J Bacon
(1844 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Mary Ann Elizabeth Bacon
(27 Jun 1844 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 28 May 1926 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Wilson Wattenbarger
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;31 Aug 1842 - 23 Oct 1903)
     │      ├─William David Wattenbarger
(26 Mar 1869 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Jan 1935 Highgrove, Riverside County, California, USA)
     │      │ Mary Cornelia Johnston
(28 Jan 1874 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 17 Sep 1911 Ontario, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Charley Edgar Clay Wattenbarger
(3 Oct 1894 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │ :     │ 2 Nov 1981 Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + Edna J McAmis
(13 Feb 1896 Tennessee, USA - May 1972 Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + Living
     │      │ :     └─Ora B Wattenbarger
(4 Nov 1898 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Mar 1976 Tustin, Orange County, California, USA)
     │      │ :      + Alfred Theurich
(28 Dec 1893 Lodz, Poland - Dec 1966 San Clemente, Orange County, California, USA)
     │      │ Elizabeth May Gilleland
(27 Jan 1884 Illinois, USA - 23 May 1955 San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │      │      ├─Catherine Wattenbarger
(4 Feb 1914 Etiwanda, San Bernardino County, California, USA -      │      │      │ 6 Apr 1920 Ontario, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │      │      └─Bruce W Wattenbarger
(6 Mar 1917 San Bernardino County, California, USA - Jan 1963)
     │      ├─Matilda Wattenbarger
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;12 Jun 1870 - 2 Jan 1890)
     │      ├─Jacob A Wattenbarger
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;28 Nov 1871 - 19 Aug 1897)
     │      ├─Greeburg B (G.B.) Wattenbarger
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;11 Aug 1874 - 23 Jan 1890)
     │      ├─Walter E Wattenbarger
(21 Jul 1878 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 24 Jun 1936 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Ethel Taylor
(20 Mar 1883 Tennessee, USA - 12 Apr 1956 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Forrest W Wattenbarger
(26 Apr 1905 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - Sep 1972 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Beulah Bell Bird
(11 Dec 1910 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Sep 2002 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      └─Thomas Owen Wattenbarger
(27 Nov 1911 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 30 Nov 1996 Charleston, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │       + Patricia Jessemma Chambers
(Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;20 Mar 1916 - 16 Sep 1999)
     │      └─Evabell Wattenbarger
(Aug 1883 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Samuel B Bacon
(Nov 1845 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │ Hariet ??
(1846 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Susan Bacon
(Sep 1875 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Mary Bacon
(Nov 1878 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─William Bacon
(Dec 1881 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Willie Bacon
(Abt 1883 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Lousinda Bacon
(Feb 1883 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Arthur Bacon
(1886 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Samuel Bacon
(1890 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Nettie Bacon
(1894 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      └─Virgie Bacon
(1896 Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Jacob Bacon
(14 Oct 1851 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 10 Jun 1916 Randolph, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, USA)
     │ + Cynthia A Barton
(28 Jun 1857 Pendleton County, Kentucky, USA - )
     ├─Charles Bacon
(26 Feb 1856 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 28 Jun 1934 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Mary Emma Hysinger
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;25 Jun 1862 - 20 Nov 1904)
     │      └─William Bacon
(Abt 1879 Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─James Elbert Bacon
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;1859 - Betw 1886 and 1891)
     │ Isabella "Bell" Bean
(Nov 1860 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - Aft 1930 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─William Isaac Bacon
(1879 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 29 Oct 1936 Ontario, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │      ├─John Earl Bacon
(2 Apr 1882 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Apr 1955 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      └─James Frederick Bacon
(14 Jun 1886 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Jul 1977 Georgetown, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │       Emma E Roark
(18 Oct 1890 Birchwood, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Sep 1976 Georgetown, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │            ├─James Paul Bacon
(Georgetown, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA;7 Feb 1911 - 23 Sep 2003)
     │            ├─John Lewis Bacon
(5 Feb 1912 Tennessee, USA - 22 Dec 2000 Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA)
     │            └─Elbert Connor Bacon
(16 Nov 1921 Tennessee, USA - 29 Dec 2010 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─David Nelson Bacon, Jr
(26 Apr 1861 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Feb 1934 Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA)
     │ Sarah Gertrude Haskins
(18 Jun 1866 Pennsylvania, USA - 18 Dec 1901 Ontario, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │ :     ├─Hester Gertrude Bacon
(14 Apr 1892 Apison, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Jul 1973 Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │ :     ├─Ethel Bacon
(30 Dec 1894 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Nov 1989 Exeter, Tulare County, California, USA)
     │ :     │ + Thomas William McManus
(26 Apr 1891 Bathhurst, New Brunswick, Canada - 2 Jan 1945 Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
     │ :     │ + Roland Sykes Shaver
(20 Mar 1889 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA -      │ :     │ 30 Jul 1979 Exeter, Tulare County, California, USA)
     │ :     └─Senn Bacon
(27 Nov 1898 Illinois, USA - 5 Oct 1988 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │ + C Muriel Feron
(1866 France - )
     │ Alice Burchard Pickett
(9 Jan 1885 Whitneyville, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA -      │ 21 Feb 1963 San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA)
     │      ├─David Nelson Bacon, III
(1 Apr 1916 Los Angeles County, California, USA - 19 Apr 1995 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)
     │      │ + Virginia P ??
(Abt 1912 Michigan, USA - )
     │      └─Joseph Calhoun Bacon
(12 Nov 1919 Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA - 19 Jan 2010 Ojai, Ventura County, California, USA)
     ├─Lottie F Bacon
(1866 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - )
     └─Addie Bacon
(Abt 1868 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - )