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: Levi Truitt
(11 Feb 1851 North Carolina, USA - 11 Sep 1913 Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, USA)
Numer Truitt
(26 Sep 1881 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 29 Oct 1947 High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
Annie L Daniel
(13 Oct 1883 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 22 Jan 1952 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA)
     ├─Jesse Hilton Truitt
(5 Oct 1902 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 10 Mar 1988 High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ Lula Bell Washburn
(Abt 1903 North Carolina, USA - )
     │ :     ├─Jesse D Truitt
(5 Jan 1923 Henry County, Virginia, USA - 26 Jun 1961 Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ :     │ + Essie Mae Jordan (Kennedy)
(9 Sep 1918 North Carolina, USA - 10 Apr 2009 Davidson County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ :     └─Brona Mae Truitt
(27 Jul 1929 Martinsville, Martinsville County, Virginia, USA -      │ :      1 Oct 2013 Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA)
     │ :      + Ermando Paul Leonetti
(11 Mar 1925 Rhode Island, USA - 3 Jun 2001)
     │ + Irene Lawson Holder
(10 Mar 1913 Cross Keys, Union County, South Carolina, USA -      │ 1 Aug 2002 Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA)
     ├─Carey Lee Truitt
(4 Apr 1906 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 22 Feb 1956 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ Emma Lee Jordon
(4 Jan 1914 Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA - 7 Aug 2004)
     │      └─Robert Numer Truitt
(23 May 1936 Davidson County, North Carolina, USA - 8 May 2015 Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA)
     │       + Living
     ├─Lizzie Edward Truitt
(23 Sep 1908 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 16 May 2000 Hampton, Hampton County, Virginia, USA)
     │ + Vern Clark
(1902 Henry County, Virginia, USA - )
     └─Bessie Mae Truitt
(25 Apr 1910 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 30 Oct 1999 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA)
      + Emory Deen Bray
(31 Oct 1905 Franklin County, Virginia, USA - 20 Sep 1994 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA)