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.
Mary Elizabeth Jones
(23 Jul 1846 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 10 Oct 1925 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Jonathan Daunt Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;28 Jan 1843 - 11 Jul 1904)
     ├─John Thomas Bacon
(Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;2 Oct 1867 - 7 Jan 1923)
     │ Isabella Bowman
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;20 Jun 1871 - 19 Oct 1893)
     │ :     ├─Mary I Bacon
(10 Oct 1890 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Feb 1978 Lone Tree, Johnson County, Iowa, USA)
     │ :     │ + Elmer James Galloway
(22 Dec 1885 Tennessee, USA - 17 Dec 1956 Johnson County, Iowa, USA)
     │ :     └─Bennie Bowman Bacon
(27 Jun 1893 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Jan 1950)
     │ :      + John Herman Moyers
(2 Jun 1890 Tennessee, USA - 22 Aug 1975 Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA)
     │ Sarah Elizabeth Squibb
(6 Aug 1869 Tennessee, USA - 3 Jul 1928 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─George Squibb Bacon
(Jan 1897 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Jan 1950 Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Mae Dykes
(26 Jan 1903 Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Nov 1938 Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      └─George Squibb Bacon, Jr
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;8 Aug 1926 - 8 Aug 1926)
     │      ├─Julia F Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;22 Aug 1900 - 18 Nov 1978)
     │      │ + Daniel Clark Keebler
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;2 Dec 1874 - 8 Sep 1959)
     │      ├─Lois K Bacon
(1 Aug 1902 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 26 Dec 1985 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─John Thomas Bacon, Jr
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;25 Nov 1906 - 24 Nov 1962)
     │      │ Ruby Theresa Price
(16 Apr 1914 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 10 Feb 2006 Limestone, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      └─John Thomas Bacon, III
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;27 Jun 1946 - 22 Jan 1998)
     │      └─Anna Ruth Bacon
(4 May 1909 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Nov 1980 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │       + Joseph Grant Anderson
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;27 Sep 1915 - 20 Aug 1990)
     ├─Sarah F "Sallie" Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;9 Jan 1871 - 31 Jul 1948)
     │ + Robert Lee (Buck) Keefauver
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;15 Sep 1869 - 21 Jul 1948)
     ├─William Henry Bacon
(16 Apr 1877 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1947 Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA)
     │ Pearl Ella Crookshanks
(11 Feb 1883 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Apr 1967 Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA)
     │      ├─Oscar Dean Bacon
(1908 Tennessee, USA - 30 Jul 1936 Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA)