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.
Isabella Minor (Todd)
(1663 Toddsbury, Gloucester, VA - 1706 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen, VA)
John Madison, Jr.
(1640 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen, VA - 1705 King & Queen Co, VA)
     ├─John Madison, III
(Abt 1680 Virginia - Abt 1720 King & Queen Co, VA)
     ├─Thomas Madison
(Abt 1693 Hanover Co, VA - 20 Jan 1754 Caroline Co, VA)
     │ Johanna Buckner??
(Caroline Co, VA;1698 - 13 Apr 1758)
     │      ├─John Madison
(26 Oct 1719 King & Queen Co, VA - 1779 Augusta Co, VA)
     │      │ + Agatha Strother
(1728 King George Co, VA - 1822 Virginia)
     │      ├─Ambrose Madison
(11 Mar 1724 Virginia - )
     │      ├─Jane Madison
(11 Feb 1726 Virginia - 24 Oct 1767)
     │      ├─Humphrey Madison
(25 Apr 1730 King & Queen Co, VA - 12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath, VA)
     │      │ Mary Dickinson
(Augusta Co, VA;1725 - Aft 1797)
     │      │      └─Catherine Madison
(1754 Augusta Co, VA - 18 Jul 1818 Buffalo, Putnam, WV) =>
     │      │       + Robert McClenachan, Jr
(19 Apr 1747 Augusta Co, VA - 10 Oct 1774 Point Pleasant, Mason, WV)
     │      │       + William Arbuckle
(3 Mar 1752 Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, VA -      │      │       21 Mar 1836 Mason Co, WV)
     │      ├─Ann Madison
(Virginia;31 Jul 1733 - )
     │      ├─Sarah Madison
(Feb 1735 Virginia - 31 Oct 1801)
     │      └─Mary Madison
(15 May 1738 Virginia - )
     ├─Catherine Madison
(1693 Rappahannock Co, VA - 1760 Culpeper Co, VA)
     │ Richard Gaines
(Culpeper Co, VA;1686 - 13 Feb 1755)
     ├─Ambrose Madison
(1693 Spotsylvania Co, VA - 27 Aug 1732 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │ Frances Taylor
(30 Aug 1700 Rapidan, Orange, VA - 25 Nov 1761 Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │      ├─John Madison
(1720 King George, King George, VA - Mar 1784 Visses, Botetourt, VA)
     │      ├─James Madison, Sr
(27 Mar 1723 Port Conway, King George, VA - 27 Feb 1801 Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │      │ Eleanor Rose (Nelly) Conway
(9 Jan 1731 Port Conway, King George, VA -      │      │ 11 Feb 1829 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │      │      ├─Mollie Madison
(1750 Port Conway, King George, VA - 1777 Orange Co, VA) =>
     │      │      │ + William Davis
(1739 Virginia - 1775 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │      │      ├─President James Madison
(16 Mar 1751 Port Conway, King George, VA -      │      │      │ 28 Jun 1836 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │      │      ├─Francis Madison
(18 Jun 1753 Port Conway, King George, VA - 5 Apr 1800 Madison Co, VA)
     │      │      │ + Susanna Bell
(1757 Orange, Orange, VA - 1834 Madison Mills, Madison, VA)
     │      │      ├─Ambrose Madison, Sr
(27 Jan 1755 Mount Pleasant, Orange, VA - 3 Oct 1793 Woodley, Orange, VA)
     │      │      │ + Mary Willis Lee
(27 Jan 1757 Warrenton, Fauquier, VA - 14 Mar 1798 Montpelier Station, Orange, VA)
     │      │      ├─Catlett Madison
(Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA;10 Feb 1758 - 18 Mar 1758)
     │      │      └─(General) William Taylor Madison
(1 May 1762 Orange Co, VA - 19 Jul 1843 Woodberry Forest, Madison, VA) =>
     │      │       + Frances Throckorton
(24 Feb 1765 - 20 Aug 1832)
     │      ├─Elizabeth Madison
(14 Jun 1725 Virginia - 6 Jan 1773 Orange Co, VA)
     │      └─Frances Madison
(6 Mar 1725/26 Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA - 1776 Greeneville Co, SC)
     │       + Tavener Beale, Sr
(1713 Farnam Parish, Richmond, VA - 1756 Orange Co, VA)
     │       Jacob Hite
(1719 Perkiomen, Chester, PA - 1 Jul 1776 Greenville Co, SC)