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: Edmond Fish
(1670 Maryland, USA - 1740 Talbot County, Maryland, USA)
     ├─William Carr
(22 Feb 1725 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )
     ├─John Carr
(2 Jan 1727 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )
     ├─Mary Carr
(3 Oct 1729 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )
     ├─Edmond Carr
(1730 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )
     ├─Elizabeth Carr
(25 Oct 1732 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )
     ├─Margaret Carr
(7 Aug 1734 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - 4 Dec 1786)
     │ Thomas Herbert
(Apr 1731 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA - Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA)
     │      └─Anna Herbert
(1 Sep 1760 Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - 5 Jul 1847 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA)
     │       Michael Reasor, Jr
(3 Feb 1760 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 11 Jun 1843 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA)
     │            ├─Thomas Reasor
(27 Dec 1782 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - )
     │            ├─Frederick Reasor
(6 Jan 1785 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 16 Jan 1837 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            │ + Sarah Kester
(2 Jul 1785 Maryland, USA - 1810 Shelby County, Kentucky, USA)
     │            │ + Dorothy Smith
(1785 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │            ├─Hannah Reasor
(26 Jan 1787 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 3 Sep 1863 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            │ + John Jackson Galloway
(1 Jun 1796 Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA -      │            │ 27 Nov 1874 Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA)
     │            ├─Josiah Reasor
(2 Apr 1789 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 6 Nov 1868 Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA)
     │            │ + Elizabeth Allen
(2 Sep 1793 Maryland, USA - 4 Mar 1869 Shelby County, Kentucky, USA)
     │            ├─Daniel Reasor
(5 Jun 1791 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - Sep 1870 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─Elizabeth Reasor
(29 Sep 1793 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 1842)
     │            ├─William H Reasor
(10 Feb 1796 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA)
     │            │ + Elizabeth Gattan
     │            │ + Elizabeth L Gatton
(Abt 1810 Kentucky, USA - )
     │            ├─Anna Reasor
(25 Dec 1797 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA - 8 Oct 1845 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─Margaret Reasor
(10 Jun 1800 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA - 1849 Greenville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     │            ├─James Herbert Reasor
(Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA;6 Aug 1803 - 1859)
     │            │ + Living
     │            └─Sarah Reasor
(14 Nov 1805 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA - 20 May 1854 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA) =>
     │             + Samuel McCutchan
(6 Jan 1795 Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA - 26 Apr 1867 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
     ├─Moses Carr
(20 Apr 1736 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )
     └─Henry Carr
(26 Jul 1739 St Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, USA - )