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.
Nancy Palmer
(9 Dec 1808 Orange Co, NC - 22 Feb 1884 Rockingham Co, NC)
Spencer G Truitt
(22 Jun 1814 Craven Co, NC - 14 Apr 1892 Rockingham Co, NC)
     │ Mary Jane Tickle
(Dec 1857 Alamance Co, NC - 20 Jul 1937 Madison, Rockingham, NC)
     │      ├─Charles Milton Truitt
(Dec 1879 North Carolina - )
     │      │ Mary Lou Ledbetter
(Madison, Rockingham, NC;28 May 1877 - 24 Jul 1952)
     │      │      ├─Alvis Eldridge Truitt
(25 Mar 1902 Rockingham Co, NC - 23 Nov 1960 Madison, Rockingham, NC)
     │      │      │ Grace Ellen Martin
(11 Dec 1906 West Virginia - 20 Jun 1997 Madison, Rockingham, NC)
     │      │      │ :     └─Barbara Jean Truitt
(14 Oct 1934 Leaksville, Rockingham, NC - 18 Mar 1948 Reidsville, Rockingham, NC)
     │      │      │ + Mary Stone
(1903 Durham Co, NC - )
     │      │      ├─Charles Cecil Truitt
(7 Jun 1903 Rockingham Co, NC - 27 May 1971 Madison, Rockingham, NC)
     │      │      │ Bertha Jane Cox
(1905 Henry Co, VA - 9 Jul 1982 Monroe, Union, NC)
     │      │      │      └─Cecil Kenneth Truitt
(12 Mar 1932 Madison, Rockingham, NC - 9 Oct 1999 Boulder, Boulder, CO)
     │      │      │       + Patsy Gayle Hopper
(12 Mar 1932 South Carolina - 9 Oct 1999)
     │      │      ├─Lola Thea Truitt
(11 Oct 1904 Rockingham Co, NC - 2 Aug 1998 Greensboro, Guilford, NC)
     │      │      │ + Harvey James Williams
(9 Jul 1908 North Carolina - 16 Oct 1985 Morehead City, Carteret, NC)
     │      │      │ + Winifred Curtis Gibbs (Askiss)
(16 Oct 1914 Hyde Co, NC - Mar 1987 Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA)
     │      │      └─Mary Louise Truitt
(1 Feb 1911 Rockingham Co, NC - 25 Oct 1998 Guilford Co, NC)
     │      │       + Grover Cecil Yates
(6 Jun 1907 North Carolina - 25 May 1942 Rockingham Co, NC)
      :     ├─Numer Truitt
(26 Sep 1881 Rockingham Co, NC - 29 Oct 1947 High Point, Guilford, NC)
      :     │ Annie L Daniel
(13 Oct 1883 Rockingham Co, NC - 22 Jan 1952 Mount Airy, Surry, NC)
      :     │      ├─Jesse Hilton Truitt
(5 Oct 1902 Rockingham Co, NC - 10 Mar 1988 High Point, Guilford, NC)
      :     │      │ Lula Bell Washburn
(Abt 1903 North Carolina - )
      :     │      │ :     ├─Jesse D Truitt
(5 Jan 1923 Henry Co, VA - 26 Jun 1961 Thomasville, Davidson, NC)
      :     │      │ :     │ + Essie Mae Jordan (Kennedy)
(9 Sep 1918 North Carolina - 10 Apr 2009 Davidson Co, NC)
      :     │      │ :     └─Brona Mae Truitt
(27 Jul 1929 Martinsville, Martinsville, VA - 1 Oct 2013 Westerly, Washington, RI)
      :     │      │ :      + Ermando Paul Leonetti
(11 Mar 1925 Rhode Island - 3 Jun 2001)
      :     │      │ + Living
      :     │      ├─Carey Lee Truitt
(4 Apr 1906 Rockingham Co, NC - 22 Feb 1956 Guilford Co, NC)
      :     │      │ Emma Lee Jordon
(4 Jan 1914 Forsyth Co, NC - 7 Aug 2004)
      :     │      │      └─Robert Numer Truitt
(23 May 1936 Davidson Co, NC - 8 May 2015 Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC)
      :     │      │       + Living
      :     │      ├─Lizzie Edward Truitt
(23 Sep 1908 Rockingham Co, NC - 16 May 2000 Hampton, Hampton, VA)
      :     │      │ + Vern Clark
(1902 Henry Co, VA - )
      :     │      └─Bessie Mae Truitt
(25 Apr 1910 Rockingham Co, NC - 30 Oct 1999 Mount Airy, Surry, NC)
      :     │       + Emory Deen Bray
(31 Oct 1905 Franklin Co, VA - 20 Sep 1994 Mount Airy, Surry, NC)
      :     └─Virgil Truitt
(18 Aug 1888 North Carolina - 14 Feb 1939 Reidsville, Rockingham, NC)
      :      Clara Williams
(1892 North Carolina - 1966 Reidsville, Rockingham, NC)
      :           ├─Oglesby E Truitt
(12 Jan 1912 North Carolina - 15 Feb 1933 Reidsville, Rockingham, NC)
      :           ├─Silas Franklin Truitt
(Reidsville, Rockingham, NC;12 Feb 1913 - 29 Dec 1993)
      :           ├─Infant Son Truitt
(Rockingham Co, NC;24 Aug 1915 - 24 Aug 1915)
      :           ├─Mary Lena Truitt
(13 Jul 1916 Reidsville, Rockingham, NC - 7 Feb 1995 Morganton, Burke, NC)
      :           │ + Joseph Daniel Fitz
(16 Dec 1915 Price Co, NC - 29 May 1995 Morganton, Burke, NC)
      :           ├─Virgil Truitt, Jr
(13 Aug 1918 Reidsville, Rockingham, NC - 30 Mar 1993 Tarboro, Edgecombe, NC)
      :           │ + Vivian Reid Kreeger
(19 Nov 1917 Forsyth Co, NC - 7 Mar 2002 Tarboro, Edgecombe, NC)