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: Matthew Kuykendall
(24 Oct 1758 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA - 25 Sep 1845 Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky, USA)
Mother: Margaret Jane Hardin
(1763 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA - 1841 Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky, USA)
Abraham Kuykendall
(Abt 1784 North Carolina, USA - Aft 1850 Kentucky, USA)
     ├─Matthew Kirkendall
(1826 Warren County, Kentucky, USA - 14 Jul 1917 Keystone, Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │ Mary Elizabeth Autry
(15 Mar 1828 Kentucky, USA - 7 Nov 1886 Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      ├─Josephine Kirkendall
(1849 Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Martha Ann Kirkendall
(8 Apr 1852 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Caroline Kirkendall
(1 May 1854 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 5 Dec 1930 Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │      │ + John Wesley Robinett
(17 Oct 1856 Vera Cruz, Douglas County, Missouri, USA - 2 Sep 1894 Marion County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │ + James S Cochran
(10 Jun 1875 Arkansas, USA - 16 Apr 1957 San Bernardino County, California, USA)
     │      ├─Democrat C Kirkendall
(Abt 1856 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - Arkansas, USA)
     │      │ + Della ??
(Abt 1861 Missouri, USA - )
     │      │ + Sarah Fred
     │      ├─Lorenzo Dow Kirkendall
(27 Jul 1858 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 27 Apr 1930 Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │ Elizabeth Frances (Lottie) Ford
(Jun 1856 Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas, USA - 21 Nov 1936 Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │      ├─John 'Harrison' Kuykendall
(Ohio County, Kentucky, USA;6 Dec 1863 - 27 Jul 1936) =>
     │      │      │ + Mary Alice Tichenor
(12 Jan 1869 Kentucky, USA - 4 Mar 1924)
     │      │      ├─Dora Melvina Kirkendall
(Jan 1878 Benton, Fulton County, Arkansas, USA - 3 Jun 1952 Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Bird Deatherage
(12 Nov 1878 Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA - 13 Oct 1914 Claflin, Barton County, Kansas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Joseph A Mullins
(29 Dec 1880 Missouri, USA - 21 Nov 1961 Sacramento County, California, USA)
     │      │      ├─Lorenzo Mathew Kirkendall
(30 Sep 1879 Benton, Fulton County, Arkansas, USA - 11 Jul 1956 Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Essie Lee Alexandria Harper
(9 Aug 1880 Arkansas, USA - 18 Jul 1963 Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │      ├─Mary M Kirkendall
(1884 Arkansas, USA - 6 Oct 1959)
     │      │      │ + Benjamin M Hiser
(20 Jul 1885 Missouri, USA - 27 Feb 1960 Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │      ├─Emma T Kirkendall
(Apr 1887 Arkansas, USA - )
     │      │      │ + Samuel Armstrong
(Abt 1879 Missouri, USA - 1968)
     │      │      ├─Ella W Kirkendall
(2 Feb 1890 Arkansas, USA - 13 Feb 1972 Merced County, California, USA)
     │      │      ├─Virgil H Kirkendall
(4 Mar 1893 Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas, USA - 15 Jul 1934 Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Jennie Wilson
(Abt 1894 Texas, USA - )
     │      │      └─Hattie Alabama Kirkendall
(15 Dec 1896 Arkansas, USA - 29 May 1986 Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │       + Harvey Elmer Fields
(11 Apr 1897 Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA - 5 Sep 1969 Osage County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      ├─Thomas H Kirkendall
(Abt 1861 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │      │ + Rina M Jackson
     │      ├─John Franklin Kirkendall
(Abt 1865 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Elizabeth Harris
(1870 Missouri, USA - )
     │      ├─Mary Jane Kirkendall
(Feb 1870 Ozark County, Missouri, USA - )
     │      ├─William Kirkendall
(Abt 1871 Missouri, USA - )
     │      └─Rosella Smith
(Abt 1879 Missouri, USA - )
     ├─Mark Kirkendall
(Abt 1826 Kentucky, USA - )
     ├─Siotha Kuykendall
(Abt 1829 Kentucky, USA - )
     │ + Benjamin F Awtry
(Abt 1831 Kentucky, USA - )
      Isabella Y Daniel
(Abt 1839 Kentucky, USA - )
      :     ├─John C Kirkendall
(Abt 1863 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     ├─Thomas W Kirkendall
(Abt 1864 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     ├─Ulysses S Grant Kirkendoll
(Oct 1864 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 10 Dec 1948 Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     │ Louisa Frances Oglesby
(11 Apr 1876 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 12 Dec 1949 Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     │      ├─Bertha Kuykendall
(Feb 1892 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     │      ├─Mattie Bell Kuykendall
(29 Nov 1894 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 7 Mar 1957 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     │      │ + Charles A Taylor
(7 Apr 1892 Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 17 Mar 1954 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     │      ├─Isaac C Kuykendall
(Aug 1897 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     │      ├─Owen David Kirkendoll
(4 Feb 1900 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - Jan 1967 Pinellas County, Florida, USA) =>
      :     │      │ + Gladys Wade
(1 Jun 1912 Big Sandy, Benton County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Apr 1997 Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA)
      :     │      │ + Macie Lee Ross
(Benton County, Tennessee, USA;14 Dec 1901 - 26 Feb 1924)
      :     │      │ + Zillie May Wade
(10 Jun 1905 Benton County, Tennessee, USA -       :     │      │ 18 Jan 1986 Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA)
      :     │      ├─Gertie Kuykendall
(26 Sep 1902 Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 11 Jan 1986 Utica, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     │      │ + Otway Jenkins Taylor
(29 Apr 1894 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 5 Dec 1948 Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)
      :     │      ├─Olis Dee Kuykendoll
(Abt 1906 Kentucky, USA - )
      :     │      ├─Burman E Kuykendall
(Abt 1908 Kentucky, USA - )
      :     │      ├─Mary Edith Kuykendoll
(Abt 1914 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     │      └─Vernon R Kirkendoll
(Abt 1916 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     ├─Matthew Kirkendall
(Abt 1867 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
      :     └─James Kirkendall
(Abt 1869 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )