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 Richmond, I
(Abt 1770 Virginia, USA - Abt 1845 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:     └─John Richmond, II
(Est 1792 Virginia, USA - Tennessee, USA)
:     
:           ├─Samuel David Richmond
(1815 Virginia, USA - 1863 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:           │ Mary Hughes
(Abt 1820 Tennessee, USA - Aft 1880 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:           │      ├─William Campbell Richmond
(1837 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Sep 1864 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Matilda Jane Hawkins
(Feb 1839 Tennessee, USA - Aft 1900)
:           │      ├─Isaac Washington Richmond
(2 Dec 1838 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │      │ 19 Jul 1920 Mount Pleasant, Scott County, Arkansas, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Sarah C Davis
(Abt 1850 Virginia, USA - )
:           │      │ + Martha Lou Amy Putnam
(4 Aug 1839 Arbacoochee Gold Mines, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA - :           │      │ 18 Jan 1916 Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas, USA)
:           │      ├─Samuel M Richmond
(Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;13 Sep 1841 - 4 Jul 1898) =>
:           │      │ + Martha Ann Webb
(1846 East Tennessee - 1907 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:           │      ├─Lucinda Jane (Lucinful) Richmond
(27 Jan 1843 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │      │ 13 Jan 1901 Arno, Douglas County, Missouri, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Robert Campbell (R.C.) Duggan
(5 Sep 1840 Polk County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Feb 1910 Maud, Pottawatamie County, Oklahoma, USA)
:           │      ├─John J Richmond
(Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;27 Sep 1844 - 27 Jan 1868)
:           │      │ + Annis White
:           │      ├─Christopher Columbus (Lum) Richmond
(1 Dec 1849 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │      │ 26 Apr 1928 Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Queen Easter Elizabeth Stuart
(22 Aug 1852 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Apr 1939 Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA)
:           │      ├─Thomas Jefferson (Jeff) Richmond
(Mar 1853 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │      │ 20 Jan 1933 Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Sarene Catherine Webb
(Aug 1855 Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA - 1935 Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas, USA)
:           │      └─Madison Love (Matt) Richmond
(28 May 1856 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │       13 Mar 1913 Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA) =>
:           │       + Mary Ann Gosedge
(7 May 1860 Georgia, USA - 22 Nov 1931 Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
:           │       + Mary Jane Davenport
(9 Jan 1860 Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA - :           │       3 Mar 1933 Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA)
:           ├─Mary Anne Richmond
(1818 - 1841 Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA)
:           │ Thomas Monroe Putnam
(1818 Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, USA - 16 Dec 1872 Cherokee, Colbert County, Alabama, USA)
:           │      ├─Martha Lou Amy Putnam
(4 Aug 1839 Arbacoochee Gold Mines, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA - :           │      │ 18 Jan 1916 Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Isaac Washington Richmond
(2 Dec 1838 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │      │ 19 Jul 1920 Mount Pleasant, Scott County, Arkansas, USA)
:           │      └─John Putnam
(1841 Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA - )
:           ├─William Rogers Richmond
(19 Jan 1822 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Jul 1862 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:           │ Mary Wattenbarger
(3 Mar 1838 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Sep 1914 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:           │      ├─Jacob Rogers Richmond
(26 Feb 1859 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Feb 1927 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA) =>
:           │      │ + Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bacon
(30 Apr 1861 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │      │ 25 May 1946 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
:           │      └─John Henry Richmond
(16 Jun 1860 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Apr 1932 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA) =>
:           │       + Harriett Elizabeth (Lizzy) McCroskey
(16 Aug 1866 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - :           │       25 Mar 1923 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
:           └─Mahala Richmond
(Abt 1825 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA - )
:            Henry L Kirby
(Feb 1823 North Carolina, USA - )
:                 ├─Martha Kirby
(Abt 1853 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Dec 1916 Seattle, King County, Washington, USA) =>