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: Robert Drake
(23 Jul 1581 Essex, England - 14 Jan 1668 Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA)
Mother: Jane Gawton
(Abt 1584 England - New Hampshire, USA)
Francis Drake
(1615 Colchester, Essex, England - 24 Sep 1687 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
Mary Ann Walker
(1625 Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA - 29 Jul 1688 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     ├─Francis Drake
( - Abt 1733 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     ├─George Drake
( - Abt 1709 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     ├─Elizabeth Drake
(1653 Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA - Abt 1711 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     │ + Hugh P Dunn, Sr
(1650 England - 16 Nov 1694 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
     └─Rev John Drake
(1655 Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA - 1741 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
      Rebecca Trotter
(5 Jul 1655 Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - 1702 New Jersey, USA)
           ├─John Drake, Jr
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;2 Jun 1678 - 30 May 1758)
           ├─Francis Drake
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;23 Dec 1679 - 26 Apr 1733)
           │ + Patience Walker
(1679 New Jersey, USA - 7 Apr 1762 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
           ├─Joseph Drake, Sr
(21 Oct 1681 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 7 Feb 1758 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
           │ + Anne Walker
(22 Sep 1690 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 1740 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)
           ├─Benjamin Drake
(3 Jul 1683 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 30 Aug 1763 Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
           │ + Living
           │ + Mary Runyon
(2 Jul 1677 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 1748 Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
           ├─Abraham Drake, Sr
(Apr 1685 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 6 May 1763 Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA)
           │ + Deliverance Wooden
(19 Sep 1683 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 6 May 1763 Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA)
           ├─Sarah Drake
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;1686 - 22 May 1749)
           │ Benjamin Hull, Jr
(Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA;14 Apr 1680 - 1732)
           │ :     ├─Benjamin Hull, III
(1708 - 1747 Peapack, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
           │ :     │ + Rhoda Martin
(Est 1708 - )
           │ :     └─Anna Hull
(1711 - 1775 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA) =>
           │ :      + Jan (John) Skillman
(1696 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - 1765 Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
           │ + Israel Folsom
           ├─Jacob Drake
(1690 New Jersey, USA - )
           ├─Ebenezer Drake
(19 Jul 1693 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA - 1754 Sussex County, New Jersey, USA)