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: Moses Wheeler
(5 Jan 1598 Bow, Middlesex, England - 15 Jan 1698 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
Mother: ??
(1 Jan 1620 England - 20 Mar 1690 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
Elizabeth Wheeler
(6 Aug 1642 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA - 4 Dec 1735 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA)
+ Hugh Nesbitt
( - 7 Mar 1710/11 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
Samuel Blakeman
(1635 England - 27 Nov 1668 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
:     ├─Abigail Blakeman
(11 Nov 1663 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA - 30 Mar 1719 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ Hezekiah Dickinson
(28 Feb 1645/46 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 14 Jun 1707 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ :     ├─Joanna Dickinson
(2 Feb 1684 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 31 Oct 1764 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ :     │ + Ebenezer Warriner
(Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;4 Mar 1682 - 5 Feb 1737)
:     │ :     │ + Benjamin Chapin
(Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;27 Feb 1681 - 22 Mar 1756)
:     │ :     ├─Jonathan Dickinson
(22 Apr 1688 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 17 Oct 1747 Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA)
:     │ :     │ Joanna Melyn
(24 May 1682 New York, , New York, USA - 20 Apr 1745 Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA)
:     │ :     │      └─Abigail Dickinson
(16 Jun 1711 - )
:     │ :     ├─Abigail Dickinson
(8 Dec 1690 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 20 Jun 1775 Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
:     │ :     │ + Thomas Field
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;30 Jun 1680 - 1 Feb 1747)
:     │ :     ├─Elizabeth Dickinson
(9 Mar 1693 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - )
:     │ :     │ + Samuel Belding, II
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;23 Oct 1692 - 5 Oct 1732)
:     │ :     ├─Moses Dickinson
(12 Dec 1695 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA - 1 May 1778 Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
:     │ :     │ Martha Hart
(13 Sep 1701 Rhode Island, USA - 15 Dec 1755 Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
:     │ :     │ :     └─Martha Dickinson
(Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA;8 Mar 1735 - 15 Jul 1752)
:     │ :     │ + Hannah St John
( - 15 Dec 1755 Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
:     │ :     └─Adam Dickinson
(5 Feb 1701/02 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA - 1762 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :      Catherine Stephenson
( - Feb 1790 Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :           │ + Samuel Brown
(Abt 1717 New Jersey, USA - Abt 1750 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :           │ + Humphrey Madison
(25 Apr 1730 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA - :     │ :           │ : 12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :           │ + James Littlepage
(1738 - 1793 Hanover County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :           ├─Abigail Dickinson
(1728 Pennsylvania, USA - 1750 Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :           │ + Joseph Coles Carpenter, Jr
(1723 New York, USA - 1792 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA)
:     │ :           └─John Dickinson
(4 May 1732 Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA - 16 Mar 1799 Hope, Bath County, Virginia, USA) =>
:     │ :            + Martha Usher
(Hope, Bath County, Virginia, USA;19 Sep 1735 - 20 Dec 1798)
:     │ + Thomas Ingersoll
(Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;28 Mar 1668 - 14 Nov 1732)
:     ├─Adam Blakeman
(Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA;4 Dec 1665 - 1665)
:     └─Johanna Blakeman
(14 Sep 1667 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA - 5 Dec 1729 Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA)
Jacob Walker
(21 Mar 1644 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA - 1718 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
     ├─Samuel Walker
(Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA;7 Nov 1671 - 1721)
     ├─John Walker
(29 Oct 1674 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA - )
     │ + Tabitha Wooster
(6 Mar 1679 Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA - )
     ├─Elizabeth Walker
(Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;22 Jul 1676 - 21 Oct 1765)
     │ + Luke Hitchcock
(Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;23 Mar 1674 - 6 Apr 1752)
     ├─Mary Walker
(Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA;6 Jan 1678 - )
     │ + Abraham Wooster
(16 Mar 1673 Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA - 1 Sep 1743 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
     └─Mercy Walker
(11 Mar 1681 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA - )