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: John Madison, Jr.
(1640 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 1705 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA)
Mother: Isabella Minor (Todd)
(1663 Toddsbury, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA - 1706 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA)
Thomas Madison
(Abt 1693 Hanover County, Virginia, USA - 20 Jan 1754 Caroline County, Virginia, USA)
Johanna Buckner??
(Caroline County, Virginia, USA;1698 - 13 Apr 1758)
     ├─John Madison
(26 Oct 1719 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 1779 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
     │ + Agatha Strother
(1728 King George County, Virginia, USA - 1822 Virginia, USA)
     ├─Ambrose Madison
(11 Mar 1724 Virginia, USA - )
     ├─Jane Madison
(11 Feb 1726 Virginia, USA - 24 Oct 1767)
     ├─Humphrey Madison
(25 Apr 1730 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA)
     │ Mary Dickinson
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1725 - Aft 1797)
     │      └─Catherine Madison
(1754 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 18 Jul 1818 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │       Capt Robert McClenachan, Jr
(19 Apr 1747 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 10 Oct 1774 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │       :     ├─Robert McClanachan, III
(1771 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1824 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │       :     │ + Sarah (Sally) Abney
(1769 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 11 Sep 1853 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │       :     └─John Burns McClanahan, Sr
(Dec 1774 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Apr 1847 Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA) =>
     │       :      + Lydia Burns
(1774 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA - 1 May 1860 McBride, Perry County, Missouri, USA)
     │       William Poague
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1754 - 1777)
     │       :     └─John Poage
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1776 - 1777)
     │       William Arbuckle
(3 Mar 1752 Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA -      │       21 Mar 1836 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Jane Madison Arbuckle
(2 Apr 1780 Fort Union, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - Sep 1826) =>
     │            │ + Joseph McMullen
(Abt 1777 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA - 1840 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Margaret Thompson Arbuckle
(26 Mar 1782 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 21 Jan 1835)
     │            │ + Benjamin Harrison Jones
     │            ├─Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle
(4 Apr 1784 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ 13 Sep 1847 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA) =>
     │            │ + John Griffith Nelson
(2 Apr 1776 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 23 Sep 1817 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─William Arbuckle, Jr.
(26 Nov 1788 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ 1805 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Elizabeth Arbuckle
(15 Jul 1790 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ 29 Jul 1861 Mason County, West Virginia, USA) =>
     │            │ + Samuel Alexander
(17 May 1784 Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 6 Nov 1874 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle
(11 Jul 1793 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ 16 Oct 1859 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA) =>
     │            │ + William Langtry
(Virginia, USA - 1824)
     │            │ + James Kennerly Craig
(12 Jul 1794 Tinkling Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, USA -      │            │ 21 Jun 1854 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Frances Littlepage Arbuckle
(11 Jul 1793 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ Dec 1801 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            └─Nancy Arbuckle
(Kanawha City, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA;8 Sep 1796 - 21 Dec 1801)
     ├─Ann Madison
(Virginia, USA;31 Jul 1733 - )
     ├─Sarah Madison
(Feb 1735 Virginia, USA - 31 Oct 1801)
     └─Mary Madison
(15 May 1738 Virginia, USA - )