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.
Lula Worley
(6 Mar 1883 Kentucky, USA - 20 Nov 1972 Meridian, Ingham County, Michigan, USA)
     ├─Claude Hubert Lavender
(27 Mar 1899 Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA - Oct 1970 Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Della Schollett
(Abt 1903 Michigan, USA - 22 Feb 1986 Ludington, Mason County, Michigan, USA)
     │ :     ├─Raymond M Lavender
(12 Oct 1924 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 6 Jun 1958)
     │ :     │ + Beatrice Mary Jewell
(22 Jul 1922 Thompsonville, Benzie County, Michigan, USA - 10 Aug 2012 Honor, Benzie County, Michigan, USA)
     │ :     ├─Hubert J Lavender
(19 Nov 1927 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 19 Jul 2014 Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA)
     │ :     │ + Living
     │ :     └─Ronald Lavender
(22 Aug 1930 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - Bef 2014)
     │ + Lynda Kemp
(17 Sep 1897 Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA - 26 Feb 1983 Garden City, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     ├─Lena Lavender
(25 Dec 1901 Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Lois Lavender
(1 Aug 1904 Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Raymond Lester Lavender
(13 Mar 1907 Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA - 8 Nov 1978 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     │ Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) Lloyd
(5 Apr 1912 Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA - 24 Jan 1998 Taylor, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     │      ├─Jacklyn Lucille Lavender
(25 Mar 1931 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 28 Dec 2003 Romulus, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     │      ├─William Lavender
(23 Jul 1932 Michigan, USA - 11 Apr 2003 Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA)
     │      ├─Ray L Lavender
(19 Mar 1934 Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 11 Feb 2012 Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA)
     │      │ Genevieve Elaine St. Onge
(29 Dec 1934 Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, USA - 29 May 2011 Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA)
     │      │      ├─Michael Ray Lavender
(22 Feb 1953 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 12 May 2004 Taylor, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      └─Duane Allen Lavender
(10 Nov 1964 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 19 Oct 2010 Taylor, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      └─Victor Lee Lavender
(18 Jun 1963 Michigan, USA - 20 Sep 2013 Taylor, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)