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 Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;1 Aug 1802 - 12 Oct 1859)
Mother: Elizabeth Keebler
(21 Apr 1799 Rockbridge Co, VA - 1870 Bradley Co, TN)
Mary Ann Trewhitt
(2 Apr 1836 Bradley Co, TN - 3 Feb 1886 Cleveland, Bradley, TN)
:     ├─David Madison (Matt) Bacon
(9 Jul 1859 Bradley Co, TN - 1947 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK)
:     │ Belle Foster
(1864 Tennessee - 26 Mar 1940 Kansas City, Jackson, MO)
:     │      ├─Joseph 'Foster' Bacon
(1 Nov 1886 Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory - 1917)
:     │      │ Effie Adella Linn
(1888 Missouri - 1966)
:     │      │      ├─David Joseph Bacon
(31 Oct 1908 Welch, Craig, OK - Jul 1986 Brentwood, Williamson, TN)
:     │      │      │ Mary Magaline Davis
(19 May 1912 McCurtain Co, OK - 30 Nov 2004 Brentwood, Williamson, TN)
:     │      │      │ + Wilber J Thornton
(5 Jan 1903 Indian Territory - 2 Jul 1987 Independence, Montgomery, KS)
:     │      │      ├─Lela Mae Bacon
(1 Apr 1913 Welch, Craig, OK - 15 Jan 2004 Vinita, Craig, OK)
:     │      │      │ + John Onis Sanders
(16 Jul 1910 Missouri - 8 Jan 1972 Vinita, Craig, OK)
:     │      │      └─Lula Alice Bacon
(20 Jun 1915 Welch, Craig, OK - 28 Jun 2005 La Porte, La Porte, IN)
:     │      │       + William Ernest Vannest
(1 Feb 1913 Coffeyville, Montgomery, KS - 9 Nov 2005 La Porte, La Porte, IN)
:     │      ├─Nora May Bacon
(23 Sep 1887 Indian Territory - Oct 1978 Drumright, Creek, OK)
:     │      │ + Andrew K Ralston
(Abt 1869 Mississippi - )
:     │      ├─Zelpha Bacon
(10 Nov 1888 Indian Territory - Sep 1978 Caseyville, St Clair, IL)
:     │      │ + Frank Cox
(18 Sep 1890 Vernon Co, MO - 13 Jan 1974 Oklahoma)
:     │      ├─Jenny Bacon
(29 Oct 1889 Indian Territory - )
:     │      │      ├─James 'Kenneth' Richmond
(23 Jun 1920 Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN - 6 Jan 2002 Seattle, King, WA)
:     │      │      │ Leona May Barnes
(26 May 1920 West Virginia - 12 Nov 2018 Seattle, King, WA)
:     │      │      │      │ Michael Garland Payne
(21 Oct 1942 Seattle, King, WA - 13 Feb 2008 Blythe, Riverside, CA)
:     │      │      │       + Living
:     │      │      └─Alice Ruth Richmond
(Atlanta, Fulton, GA;11 May 1925 - 13 May 1926)
:     │      ├─Paul Augustus (Gus) Richmond, Sr.
(26 Jun 1887 Bradley Co, TN - 14 Dec 1964 DeKalb Co, GA)
:     │      │ Flossie Lee Groover
(14 Feb 1890 Dalton, Whitfield, GA - 1 Jan 1988 DeKalb Co, GA)
:     │      │      ├─Paul Augustus (Gus ) Richmond, Jr.
(24 Feb 1921 Atlanta, Fulton, GA - 8 Oct 1987 Smyrna, Cobb, GA)
:     │      │      │ Catherine Bridges
(6 Nov 1920 Stone Mountain, DeKalb, GA - 18 Mar 1977 Smyrna, Cobb, GA)
:     │      │      │      │ Guy Martin Thompson
(26 Oct 1949 Paragould, Greene, AR - 7 Aug 2000 Collin Co, TX)
:     │      │      │             + Living
:     │      │      └─Nina Sue Richmond
(24 Oct 1927 Atlanta, Fulton, GA - 3 Mar 2010 Stone Mountain, DeKalb, GA)
:     │      │       Living
:     │            │            │ Kristina N Grosse
(19 Dec 1984 Springfield, Sangamon, IL - 3 Aug 2011 Bloomington, McLean, IL)
:     │            │ Morris Howard Perry
(3 Mar 1926 Huntsville, Madison, AL - 21 May 1990 Hixson, Hamilton, TN)
:     ├─Joseph Albert Bacon
(28 Sep 1866 Cleveland, Bradley, TN - 20 Aug 1948 Henry Co, IN)
:     │ Nancy Ellen (Nannie) Thompson
(1 Nov 1874 Bradley Co, TN - 27 Nov 1945 New Castle, Henry, IN)
:     │      ├─Inez Bacon
(8 Aug 1893 Cleveland, Bradley, TN - 11 Jan 1985 New Castle, Henry, IN)
:     │      │ Clyde Otis Hackett
(9 Jun 1896 Anderson, Madison, IN - Apr 1968 Indianapolis, Marion, IN)
:     │      │      └─Samuel Joseph Hackett
(21 Dec 1924 New Castle, Henry, IN - 11 Oct 2013 Ventura, Ventura, CA)
:     │      │       Doris Laverne Burkhart
(22 Jun 1926 Newcastle, Henry, IN - 1 Dec 2005 Ventura, Ventura, CA)
:                 ├─Richard Hughes Dermer
(19 Jun 1939 Stillwater, Payne, OK - 14 Mar 2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK)
:                 │ Living