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.
William Dickinson
(Abt 1568 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - 1628 England)
Sarah Stacy
(Abt 1573 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - )
     └─Nathaniel Dickinson
(May 1601 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - 16 Jun 1676 Hadley, Hampshire, MA)
      Anne Bincks
(Betw 1605 and 1610 England - 23 Feb 1678 Hadley, Hampshire, MA)
           ├─John Dickinson
(22 Aug 1624 Haverhill, Essex, England - 19 May 1676 Greenfield, Franklin, MA)
           │ Frances Foote
(1629 Ipswich, Suffolk, England - 3 Feb 1677 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA)
           │      ├─Hannah Dickinson
(6 Dec 1648 Amherst, Hampshire, MA - 1705 Worcester Co, MA) =>
           │      │ + Samuel Gillett
(22 Jan 1643 Windsor, Hartford, CT - 19 May 1676 Greenfield, Franklin, MA)
           │      │ + Stephen Jennings
(1644 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - 20 Jul 1710 Brookfield, Worcester, MA)
           │      │ + Thomas Crafts
(1656 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA - 27 Feb 1693 Hadley, Hampshire, MA)
           │      │ + Samuel Crowfoot
(13 Oct 1665 Springfield, Hampden, MA - 10 Feb 1733 Hadley, Hampshire, MA)
           │      └─Mercy Dickinson
(1668 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT - 30 Jun 1735 Colchester, New London, CT)
           │       + Joseph Chamberlain
(1665 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA - 7 Aug 1752 Colchester, New London, CT)
           ├─Joseph Dickinson
(10 Oct 1630 Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England - 4 Sep 1675 Northfield, Franklin, MA)
           │ + Mary Lovemand
(Est 1630 - )
           │ + Phoebe Bracey
(Abt 1634 Suffolk, England - 19 Jan 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT)
           ├─Nehemiah Dickinson, Sr
(15 Aug 1643 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT - 9 Sep 1723 Hadley, Hampshire, MA)
           │ Mary Cowles
(27 Jun 1654 Farmington, Hartford, CT - 5 Mar 1726 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA)
           │      ├─Nehemiah Dickinson
(5 Jun 1672 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - 1 Oct 1715 South Hatfield, Hampshire, MA)
           │      ├─William Dickinson
(18 May 1675 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - 24 Jun 1742)
           │      ├─John Dickinson
(Hatfield, Hampshire, MA;14 Feb 1676 - 16 Feb 1676)
           │ :     ├─Nathaniel Dickinson, III
(Hatfield, Hampshire, MA;1 May 1663 - 10 Oct 1751)
           │ :     │ + Hepzibah Gibbs
(27 Jan 1664 Windsor, Hartford, CT - 26 Jun 1713 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA)
           │ :     ├─Hannah Dickinson
(18 Jan 1666 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - 3 Aug 1745 Colchester, New London, CT)
           │ :     │ + Samuel Kellogg
(11 Apr 1669 Hadley, Hampshire, MA - 24 Aug 1708 Colchester, New London, CT)
           │ :     ├─John Dickinson
(1 Nov 1667 Hadley, Hampshire, MA - 22 Dec 1761 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA)
           │ :     │ + Sarah Leonard
           │ :     ├─Mary Dickinson
(Hatfield, Hampshire, MA;2 Feb 1673 - 16 Aug 1718)
           │ :     │ + Nathaniel Smith
(2 Jan 1671 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - Dec 1740)
           │ :     ├─Daniel Dickinson
(3 Mar 1675 Amherst, Hampshire, MA - )
           │ :     ├─Robert Dickinson
(1677 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - )
           │ + Elizabeth Burt
(4 Dec 1638 Haberton, Devonshire, England - 14 Feb 1691 Northampton, Hampshire, MA)
           ├─Hezekiah Dickinson
(28 Feb 1645/46 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT - 14 Jun 1707 Springfield, Hampden, MA)
           │ Abigail Blakeman
(11 Nov 1663 Stratford, Fairfield, CT - 30 Mar 1719 Springfield, Hampden, MA)
           │      ├─Joanna Dickinson
(2 Feb 1684 Hadley, Hampshire, MA - 31 Oct 1764 Springfield, Hampden, MA)
           │      │ + Ebenezer Warriner
(Springfield, Hampden, MA;4 Mar 1682 - 5 Feb 1737)
           │      │ + Benjamin Chapin
(Springfield, Hampden, MA;27 Feb 1681 - 22 Mar 1756)
           │      ├─Jonathan Dickinson
(22 Apr 1688 Hatfield, Hampshire, MA - 17 Oct 1747 Elizabethtown, Union, NJ) =>
           │      │ + Joanna Melyn
(24 May 1682 New York, , NY - 20 Apr 1745 Elizabethtown, Union, NJ)
           │      ├─Abigail Dickinson
(8 Dec 1690 Hadley, Hampshire, MA - 20 Jun 1775 Longmeadow, Hampden, MA)
           │      │ + Thomas Field
(Hatfield, Hampshire, MA;30 Jun 1680 - 1 Feb 1747)
           │      ├─Elizabeth Dickinson
(9 Mar 1693 Amherst, Hampshire, MA - )
           │      │ + Samuel Belding, II
(Hatfield, Hampshire, MA;23 Oct 1692 - 5 Oct 1732)
           │      ├─Moses Dickinson
(12 Dec 1695 Springfield, Hampden, MA - 1 May 1778 Norwalk, Fairfield, CT) =>
           │      │ + Martha Hart
(13 Sep 1701 Rhode Island - 15 Dec 1755 Norwalk, Fairfield, CT)
           │      │ + Hannah St John
( - 15 Dec 1755 Norwalk, Fairfield, CT)
           │      └─Adam Dickinson
(5 Feb 1701/02 Springfield, Hampden, MA - 1762 Augusta Co, VA) =>