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: Christopher Columbus (Lum) Richmond
(1 Dec 1849 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 26 Apr 1928 Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA)
Mother: Queen Easter Elizabeth Stuart
(22 Aug 1852 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Apr 1939 Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA)
Benjamin Harrison Richmond
(28 Dec 1888 Hon, Scott County, Arkansas, USA - 23 Mar 1961 El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA)
Mattie Calhoun
(12 Sep 1888 Arkansas, USA - 6 Jan 1967 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA)
     ├─Jack Richmond
(Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA;25 May 1910 - 26 Nov 1960)
     │      └─Vivian Ruth Richmond
(23 Jan 1931 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 27 Mar 2012 Arkansas, USA)
     │       + Howard Washington Cobb
(29 Jun 1927 Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA - 30 Apr 2001 Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
     │       + Arthur L Wassinger
(1 May 1928 Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA -      │       : 28 Sep 2005 Katy, Harris County, Texas, USA)
     │       + Living
     ├─Juanita Elizabeth Richmond
(12 Apr 1912 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 12 Jan 1998 Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA)
     │ Solomon Andrew Sims
(11 Jul 1905 Texas, USA - 25 Dec 1980 Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA)
     │      ├─Mary Elizabeth Sims
(20 Aug 1927 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 29 Jun 2014 Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA)
     │      │ Bobby Duckett
     │      │ :     └─Rickey W Duckett
(27 Nov 1956 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA - 2 Sep 1996 Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA)
     │      ├─Thelma Ruth Sims
(Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA;22 Jan 1929 - 18 Feb 1929)
     │      ├─Priscilla Ann Sims
(4 Jun 1931 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 2 Dec 2007 Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA)
     │      │ Living
     │       Living
     │            ├─Steven Michael Sims
(16 Jul 1962 Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA - 27 Apr 1992 Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA)
     │      └─Aubrey Lynn Marshall, Jr.
(23 Feb 1949 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA - 24 Jun 2009 California, USA)
     ├─J D Richmond
(20 Aug 1919 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 13 Sep 2007 Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
     ├─Neomia Louise Richmond
(16 Mar 1921 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 19 May 2005 Mission Viejo, Orange County, California, USA)
     │ + Chester R King
(13 Jan 1918 - 13 Mar 1999 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │ + Tony Howard Baldwin
(20 May 1914 - 15 May 1996)
     ├─Paul Samuel Richmond
(9 Jul 1923 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA - 6 Apr 2007 Spring, Montgomery County, Texas, USA)