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: Jacob Armay Keebler, II
(23 Oct 1765 Newcastle County, Delaware, USA - 1 Jun 1839 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Mother: Mary Barbara Young
(17 Sep 1765 Marcus Hook, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA - 3 Jul 1842 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Catherine Keebler
(15 May 1799 Kendricks Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Sep 1823 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Moses Ingersoll, III
(27 May 1797 Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA - Aft 1840 Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA)
     ├─Caroline K Ingersoll
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;17 Feb 1822 - 3 May 1842)
     └─Mary Ann Prudence Ingersoll
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;14 Aug 1823 - 29 Nov 1895)
      Daniel Burgess Barkley, III
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;16 Jul 1826 - 29 Nov 1895)
           ├─Katharine Jane (Kitty) Barkley
(15 Oct 1850 Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, USA -            │ 11 Dec 1915 Limestone, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ + Ethelbert Dudley Brabson
(12 Dec 1849 Tennessee, USA - 8 Feb 1917 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Samuel Keebler Barkley
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;6 Feb 1855 - 2 Mar 1907)
           │ Elizabeth Achsah Bowman
(2 Oct 1859 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Oct 1938 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Anna May Barkley
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;16 Oct 1878 - 17 Oct 1878)
           │      ├─Benjamin Orville Barkley
(23 Feb 1880 Washington County, Tennessee, USA -            │      │ 7 Jan 1964 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Ralph Ingersol Barkley
(9 Jun 1882 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Feb 1965 Tennessee, USA)
           │      │ + Susan S ??
(1890 Virginia, USA - 1974)
           │      ├─Roy Burgess Barkley
(14 Nov 1884 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Mar 1970)
           │      ├─Beryle S Barkley
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;21 May 1887 - 13 Jun 1961)
           │      ├─Bessie Bowman Barkley
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;27 Oct 1889 - 1921)
           │      ├─Samuel Keebler Barkley, Jr
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;16 Mar 1894 - Mar 1963)
           │      │ + Dora Ethel Laughrun
(16 Aug 1898 Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA - 26 Dec 1985 Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      └─Frederick Barkley
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;15 Apr 1904 - 27 Nov 1904)
           ├─John Daniel Barkley
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;9 Nov 1857 - 20 Dec 1943)
           │ + Amanda J Deakins
(7 Jul 1865 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Apr 1939 Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Matthew Barkley
(Limestone, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;15 Oct 1860 - 15 Oct 1860)
           └─William Burgess Barkley, IV
(2 Dec 1862 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Aug 1931 Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA)
            Achsa Martin Hunt
(Abt 1870 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 8 Jul 1928 Wallace, Washington County, Virginia, USA)
                 ├─Mabel Barkley
(12 Aug 1892 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 22 May 1960 Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA)
                 ├─Clyde Franklin Barkley
(3 Sep 1893 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Feb 1973 Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA)
                 ├─Anna J Barkley
(Dec 1895 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - )
                 ├─Edna Barkley
(3 May 1898 Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Oct 1941 Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
                 ├─William Ingersol Barkley
(13 Aug 1900 Wallace, Washington County, Virginia, USA - Jan 1984 Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, USA) =>
                 │ + Rachel Celia Gibson
(28 Nov 1899 West Virginia, USA - May 1987 Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, USA)
                 └─Juanita Barkley
(20 Sep 1908 Virginia, USA - 13 Jun 2007 San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA) =>
                  + Eustace Linwood Womack
(4 Sep 1907 Virginia, USA - May 1972 Florida, USA)