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 Arbuckle
(15 Jul 1740 Botetourt Co, VA - 27 Jul 1781 Jackson River, Bath, VA)
Mother: Frances Lawrence Hunter
(10 Mar 1749 Botetourt Co, VA - 25 Jul 1834 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV)
James Harvey Arbuckle
(17 Nov 1775 Fort Donaldson, Greenbrier, WV - 7 Mar 1869 Greenbrier Co, WV)
Catherine Alexander
(20 Sep 1781 Augusta Co, VA - 21 Jan 1863 West Virginia)
     └─James Harvey Arbuckle, Jr
(Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV;1 Jan 1818 - 3 Apr 1898)
      Mahala Frances McPherson
(27 Jul 1821 Fauquier Co, VA - 18 Feb 1908 Old Fields, Hardy, WV)
           ├─Andrew Alexander Arbuckle
(16 Jun 1847 Accomack Co, VA - 23 Sep 1936 Howard Co, MO)
           │ Mary Wright (Rightie) Estill
(1 Aug 1853 Missouri - 5 Sep 1915 Howard Co, MO)
           │      ├─Estelle Mahele Arbuckle
(5 Apr 1872 Kentucky - 6 Sep 1961 University Park, Dallas, TX)
           │      │ + Walter Keene Parker
(Feb 1872 Quincy, Adams, IL - 8 Aug 1948 Dallas Co, TX)
           │      ├─Mary Arbuckle
(5 Nov 1880 Estill, Howard, MO - 28 Jan 1972 Marshall, Saline, MO)
           │      │ + Charles Fisher Barron
(2 Mar 1880 Howard Co, MO - 24 Sep 1955 Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, MO)
           │      ├─Ann Maud Arbuckle
(18 Feb 1883 Estill, Howard, MO - 10 Dec 1971 Midwest City, Oklahoma, OK)
           │      │ + William Jackson Smith
(1879 - 22 Feb 1941)
           │      ├─Myrtle Arbuckle
(12 Apr 1886 New Franklin, Howard, MO - 17 Apr 1966 Fayette, Howard, MO)
           │      ├─Elizabeth (Bettie) Arbuckle
(Aug 1888 Howard Co, MO - )
           │      │ + Earnest R Long
(1881 Missouri - 1965)
           │      ├─Rightie Arbuckle
(28 Feb 1892 Howard Co, MO - 26 Jul 1981 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI)
           │      │ + Otha Francis Revercomb
(3 Sep 1883 Shelby Co, MO - 1955)
           │      └─Virginia Arbuckle
(Dec 1895 Howard Co, MO - )
           ├─John William Arbuckle
(Greenbrier Co, WV;26 Apr 1850 - 30 Jan 1925)
           │ Mary Tate Finley
(1 Sep 1855 Augusta Co, VA - 13 May 1884 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV)
           │ :     ├─Finley McCue Arbuckle
(14 Aug 1879 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 14 Aug 1950 Greenbrier Co, WV)
           │ :     │ + Ann M ??
(Abt 1912 Pennsylvania - )
           │ :     ├─James Edward Arbuckle
(5 Oct 1880 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 26 Jun 1920)
           │ :     ├─Mary Hale Arbuckle
(29 Dec 1882 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 18 Apr 1953 Kanawha Co, WV)
           │ :     └─John Tate Arbuckle
(10 May 1884 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 18 Oct 1950 Raleigh Co, WV)
           │ :      Virginia D Murrill
(3 Dec 1886 Greenbrier Co, WV - 30 Jan 1955 Charleston, Kanawha, WV)
           │      │ + Joseph Crosley Jefferds, Sr
(19 Feb 1880 Washington, DC - 8 Nov 1966 Charleston, Kanawha, WV)
           │      └─Minnie Bidgood Arbuckle
(6 Aug 1906 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 12 Oct 1996 Fayetteville, Fayette, WV)
           │       + Luther James Dempsey
(9 Jan 1905 Lincoln Co, WV - 6 May 1970 Charleston, Kanawha, WV)
           ├─James Harvey Arbuckle, III
(26 Apr 1852 Greenbrier Co, WV - 12 Mar 1929 Buffalo, Putnam, WV)
           │ Elizabeth Eastham
(27 Oct 1856 Mason Co, WV - 2 Oct 1905 Putnam Co, WV)
           │      ├─Mahala Frances Arbuckle
(13 Feb 1884 Putnam Co, WV - 1916 West Virginia)
           │      │ + John Allen Waggener
(24 Dec 1880 Arbuckle, Mason, WV - 9 Jul 1955 Buffalo, Putnam, WV)
           │      │ + John Allen Waggener
(24 Dec 1880 Arbuckle, Mason, WV - 9 Jul 1955 Buffalo, Putnam, WV)
           │      ├─Rhoda G Arbuckle
(Feb 1887 West Virginia - 30 Jun 1905 Putnam Co, WV)
           │      ├─James Gallatin Arbuckle
(11 Feb 1890 Swan Creek, Gallia, OH - 11 Mar 1935 Wheeling, Ohio, WV)
           │      │ Bernice Pitchford
(26 Oct 1895 Putnam Co, WV - 22 May 1970 Dayton, Montgomery, OH)
           │      │      └─Mary Virginia Arbuckle
(Abt 1918 Liberty, Johnson, IA - )
           │      ├─Andrew Alexander Arbuckle
(27 Apr 1894 Gallia Co, OH - Jun 1978 Buffalo, Putnam, WV)
           │      │ + Helen Virginia Waggener
(11 Dec 1894 Mason Co, WV - Aug 1985 St Albans, Kanawha, WV)
           │      └─Mary E Arbuckle
(29 Mar 1899 West Virginia - 29 Nov 1959 Huntington, Cabell, WV)
           ├─Mary Elizabeth Arbuckle
(26 Jan 1855 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 6 Aug 1869 Greenbrier Co, WV)
           └─Amanda McPherson Arbuckle
(9 May 1857 Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV - 10 Mar 1909 Old Fields, Hardy, WV)
            + Samuel M McNeill
(Old Fields, Hardy, WV;8 Jul 1851 - 1 Mar 1918)