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: Adam Dickinson
(5 Feb 1701/02 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA - 1762 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
Mother: Catherine Stephenson
( - Feb 1790 Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA)
Mary Dickinson
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1725 - Aft 1797)
Samuel Brown
(Abt 1717 New Jersey, USA - Abt 1750 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
:     ├─Adam Brown
(1745 Virginia, USA - 1817)
:     ├─Henry Brown
(Abt 1747 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - )
:     └─Samuel Brown, Jr
(Abt 1750 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - )
Humphrey Madison
(25 Apr 1730 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - 12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA)
:     └─Catherine Madison
(1754 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 18 Jul 1818 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
:      Capt Robert McClenachan, Jr
(19 Apr 1747 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 10 Oct 1774 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
:      :     ├─Robert McClanachan, III
(1771 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1824 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
:      :     │ + Sarah (Sally) Abney
(1769 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 11 Sep 1853 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
:      :     └─John Burns McClanahan, Sr
(Dec 1774 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Apr 1847 Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA)
:      :      Lydia Burns
(1774 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA - 1 May 1860 McBride, Perry County, Missouri, USA)
:      :           ├─Catherine McClanahan
(1797 Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - 1837)
:      :           ├─James McClanahan
(14 Mar 1798 Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - 1873 Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USA)
:      :           ├─Mary Ann McLanahan
(18 Jan 1808 Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - 1855 Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA)
:      :           ├─William Madison McClanahan
(25 Aug 1812 Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - :      :           │ 13 Oct 1869 Bloomsdale, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA)
:      :           ├─John Burns McClanahan, Jr
(1814 Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - 1908)
:      :           │ + Living
:      :           ├─Michael Burns McClanahan
(24 Jul 1816 Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - :      :           │ 12 Dec 1868 Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas, USA)
:      :           ├─Robert McClanahan
(1820 Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - )
:      :           └─Spicer C McClanahan
(1824 Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA - 1881 Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA)
:      William Poague
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1754 - 1777)
:      :     └─John Poage
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;1776 - 1777)
:      William Arbuckle
(3 Mar 1752 Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA - 21 Mar 1836 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
:           ├─Jane Madison Arbuckle
(2 Apr 1780 Fort Union, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - Sep 1826)
:           │ Joseph McMullen
(Abt 1777 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA - 1840 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
:           │      ├─William Arbuckle McMullen
(Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA;3 Sep 1800 - 14 Oct 1872)
:           │      ├─Katherine Madison McMullen
(27 Apr 1801 - 30 Dec 1835)
:           │      │ + Henry Hannan
(22 Apr 1796 West Virginia, USA - 16 Oct 1852 Ohio, USA)
:           │      ├─Mary D (Polly) McMullen
(8 Jan 1803 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 6 Apr 1836 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA) =>
:           │      │ + George Russel Craig, Jr
(8 Dec 1795 Virginia, USA - 23 Aug 1845 Missouri, USA)
:           │      ├─Madison B McMullen
(Abt 1808 Mason County, Virginia, USA - 20 Jan 1888 Callaway County, Missouri, USA)
:           │      ├─Alexander L McMullen
(1810 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 1888 Crawford County, Missouri, USA)
:           │      │ + Sarah Ann Richardson
(10 Jun 1829 Missouri, USA - 30 Sep 1892 Crawford County, Missouri, USA)
:           │      ├─Jane Ann McMullen
(8 Nov 1812 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 27 Jun 1853 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
:           │      │ + James Beatty
(16 Sep 1802 Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA - 6 Mar 1887 Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, USA)
:           │      └─John N McMullen
(Abt 1815 Virginia, USA - )
:           ├─Margaret Thompson Arbuckle
(26 Mar 1782 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 21 Jan 1835)
:           ├─Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle
(4 Apr 1784 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │ 13 Sep 1847 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │ John Griffith Nelson
(2 Apr 1776 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 23 Sep 1817 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      ├─William 'Arbuckle' Nelson
(13 Sep 1807 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 4 Aug 1876 Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Nancy Jane (Jenny) Greenlee
(20 Aug 1815 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │      │ 2 Jul 1890 Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA)
:           │      ├─Davis Griffith Nelson
(1809 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880)
:           │      ├─Thompson Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 17 Sep 1884 Wisconsin, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Mary Ann Greenlee
(1814 West Virginia, USA - 30 Apr 1898 Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA)
:           │      ├─Eliza Jane Nelson
(12 Jan 1811 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 12 Feb 1881 Dade County, Missouri, USA)
:           │      │ + John Sullivan
(25 Dec 1794 Virginia, USA - 24 Jul 1889 Dade County, Missouri, USA)
:           │      ├─John Nelson
(Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA;30 Dec 1812 - 27 Jan 1818)
:           │      ├─Mary Ann Nelson
(6 Feb 1814 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880)
:           │      │ + John Blazer
(12 Mar 1810 Ohio, USA - 27 Aug 1873 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      ├─Katherine Madison Nelson
(18 Oct 1816 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │      │ 11 Jun 1893 Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      │ + William Gilmore
(8 Jun 1800 - 4 May 1857)
:           │      ├─Elizabeth R Nelson
(28 Dec 1818 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880 Kansas, USA)
:           │      │ + Living
:           │      ├─Nancy Jane Nelson
(19 Oct 1820 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 18 Jan 1880 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Milas Forcum
(10 Aug 1828 North Carolina, USA - 1 Dec 1877 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      ├─Frances Nelson
(5 Dec 1822 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 16 May 1846 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      ├─John W. Nelson
(29 Jan 1825 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - Aft 1880 Indiana, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Margaret Eakin
(Abt 1833 Tennessee, USA - )
:           │      ├─Susan Nelson
(20 Mar 1827 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 1873 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      │ + Washington Fort
(19 Jan 1828 Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, USA - 4 Oct 1912 Vernon, Hancock County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      ├─Agnes Nelson
(22 Jun 1829 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 13 Oct 1906 Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      │ + Edwin Trueblood
(2 May 1827 North Carolina, USA - 29 Sep 1911 Adams Twp, Madison County, Indiana, USA)
:           │      └─Maglin Nelson
(13 Aug 1831 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 5 Jan 1915 Kennard, Henry County, Indiana, USA)
:           ├─William Arbuckle, Jr.
(26 Nov 1788 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │ 1805 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
:           ├─Elizabeth Arbuckle
(15 Jul 1790 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │ 29 Jul 1861 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
:           │ Samuel Alexander
(17 May 1784 Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 6 Nov 1874 Mason County, West Virginia, USA)
:           │      ├─William Arbuckle Alexander
(3 Nov 1816 Arbuckle, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │      │ 1 Apr 1885 Fraziers Bottom, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
:           │      │ + Leonora C Ruffner
(22 May 1836 West Virginia, USA - 13 Jul 1913)
:           │      ├─Catherine Madison Alexander
(7 Oct 1818 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 30 Aug 1892 West Virginia, USA)
:           │      │ + Benjamin H Sterrett
(Jan 1813 Virginia, USA - 15 Mar 1892 West Virginia, USA)
:           │      ├─Samuel Alexander, Jr
(Est 1820 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - )
:           │      ├─Andrew B Alexander
(Mar 1826 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 12 May 1905)
:           │      │ + Caroline Elizabeth Ruffner
(Sep 1833 Virginia, USA - 29 Sep 1905)
:           │      └─Matthew T Alexander
(Mason County, West Virginia, USA;Est 1828 - Est 1828)
:           ├─Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle
(11 Jul 1793 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │ 16 Oct 1859 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
:           │ William Langtry
(Virginia, USA - 1824)
:           │ :     ├─Arbuckle S Langtry
(Abt 1820 - )
:           │ + James Kennerly Craig
(12 Jul 1794 Tinkling Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, USA - :           │ 21 Jun 1854 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
:           ├─Frances Littlepage Arbuckle
(11 Jul 1793 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA - :           │ Dec 1801 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA)
:           └─Nancy Arbuckle
(Kanawha City, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA;8 Sep 1796 - 21 Dec 1801)
     └─John Dickinson Littlepage
(1761 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - 5 Oct 1829 White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA)