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.
     ├─John Deatherage
(1737/38 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA - 1801)
     ├─George Deatherage
(Abt 1740 Virginia, USA - 12 Jan 1807 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ + Mildred (Milly) Bingham
(1765 Virginia, USA - 29 Dec 1855 Morgan County, Illinois, USA)
     │ Nancy Johnson
(Stokes County, North Carolina, USA;1748 - 1780)
     │      ├─Mary Deatherage
(North Carolina, USA - Aft 1825)
     │      ├─Ursala Deatherage
(North Carolina, USA - Abt 1811)
     │      │ + Ashley Johnson
     │      ├─Nancy Deatherage
(Abt 1767 North Carolina, USA - 1830 Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + William Edgemon
(1765 Surry County, North Carolina, USA - 1838 Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Abner Deatherage, Sr.
(1773 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA - 25 Jan 1839 Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ ??
(1775 Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA - Bef 1822 Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Alexander Deatherage
(1797 Tennessee, USA - Dec 1885) =>
     │      │ :     ├─Elizabeth Deatherage
(Roane County, Tennessee, USA;22 Dec 1800 - 13 Jan 1899)
     │      │ :     │ + James M Matheny
(4 May 1798 Virginia, USA - 1865 South Carolina, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Nancy Deatherage
(1803 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA - Bef 1864 Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + William Jolly
(Abt 1802 Tennessee, USA - Abt 1875 Rhea County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Bird Deatherage
(16 Jul 1805 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA - Dec 1880 Gaither, Boone County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + Alsy Maus
(Abt 1798 North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │ :     │ + Elizabeth Ahart
(Abt 1814 Virginia, USA - Aft 1870)
     │      │ :     │ + Sara J Gideon
(Abt 1824 Tennessee, USA - Aft 1870)
     │      │ :     ├─Abner Deatherage, Jr.
(3 Jan 1810 Tennessee, USA - 28 Nov 1886 Smithfield, Tarrant County, Texas, USA) =>
     │      │ :     ├─Mary (Polly) Deatherage
(Abt 1812 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - Bef 1849 Rhea County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + John Jolly
(Abt 1809 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 1860 Rhea County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Patsy Snow
(Abt 1816 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - Bef 1864 Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + Benjamin Snow
(Abt 1812 North Carolina, USA - Bef 1900)
     │      │ :     ├─Lucinda Deatherage
(18 Aug 1816 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Jul 1865 Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │ :     │ + John Anderson Matheny
(20 Feb 1812 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Nov 1878 Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     └─John E Deatherage
(1817 - )
     │      │ Elizabeth Morrison
(1795 Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA - 1860 Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Allen Deatherage
(Jul 1823 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - Aft 1900) =>
     │      │      │ + Martha S Kindrick
(Abt 1834 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Sarah Deatherage
(1824 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 1904 Lampasas County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Albert Brandon
(Abt 1820 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Jennette Jane Deatherage
(Abt 1827 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Apr 1885)
     │      │      │ + Jeremiah Tilley
(19 Oct 1824 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA - 13 Mar 1912 Erie, Roane County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Elender Nellie Deatherage
(1828 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 1880)
     │      │      ├─Johnathan M Deatherage
(Abt 1831 Tennessee, USA - 1914 McNairy County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Elizabeth Clark
(Est 1834 - )
     │      │      ├─Rebecca Deatherage
(Roane County, Tennessee, USA;15 Feb 1831 - 28 Dec 1892)
     │      │      │ + Samuel Brandon
(Feb 1830 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │      └─Rachel Deatherage
(Sep 1834 Roane County, Tennessee, USA - Arkansas, USA)
     │      │       + John Sellars
(Abt 1829 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │       + William Bynum
(Abt 1807 North Carolina, USA - )
     │      ├─Bird Deatherage
(Abt 1775 North Carolina, USA - Aft 1850)
     │      │ + Sarah English
     │      └─Anne Deatherage
(Aft 1775 North Carolina, USA - Abt 1810)
     │       + George Cloud
     └─Achilles Deatherage
(1742 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA - 1807)