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.
Priscilla LOFTIN
(1706 Chowan County, North Carolina, USA - 1755 North Carolina, USA)
Joseph Trewhitt
(Abt 1700 Bath County, North Carolina, USA - 1756 Craven County, North Carolina, USA)
     ├─Levi Trewhitt
(Craven County, North Carolina, USA;Abt 1725 - Abt 1812)
     │      ├─James Madison Trewhitt
(1764 Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA - Abt 1800 Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ Elizabeth Mumford
(1 Mar 1774 North Carolina, USA - 29 Mar 1856 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Elizabeth Trewhitt
(17 Dec 1791 North Carolina, USA - 10 Aug 1861 Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + John Brown
(Abt 1790 - )
     │      │      ├─Jesse Trewhitt
(1794 Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA - 1865 Crawford County, Arkansas, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Nancy Elizabeth Gilstrap
(1793 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - 1867 Crawford County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Sallie Sarah Trewhitt
(Abt 1795 Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      │ + Andrew McJunkins
     │      │      └─(Not Judge) Levi Trewhitt
(1797 Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA - 1862 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA)
     │      ├─Willis Trewhitt
(Abt 1765 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - 7 Jan 1829 Orange County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ Nancy Wiggins
(1775 North Carolina, USA - 1850)
     │      │      ├─John Wiggins Truitt
(1801 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - 5 Mar 1861 Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa, USA)
     │      │      │ + Catherine Danley
(25 Jun 1805 Orange County, North Carolina, USA - 30 Aug 1845 Audrain County, Missouri, USA)
     │      │      │ + Mrs. Margaret Banister
(Abt 1802 - Bef 1856 Iowa, USA)
     │      │      ├─Levi Trewhitt
(Abt 1804 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Gatsey Trewhitt
(Abt 1806 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - Abt 1839 Ray County, Missouri, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Ichabod Hall
(1 Jul 1794 Virginia, USA - 8 Apr 1882 Langell Valley, Klamath County, Oregon, USA)
     │      │      ├─Mary Trewhitt
(Abt 1808 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Eleanor Trewhitt
(Abt 1810 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Willis M. Trewhitt
(Abt 1812 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Spencer G Truitt
(22 Jun 1814 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - 14 Apr 1892 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Nancy Palmer
(9 Dec 1808 Orange County, North Carolina, USA - 22 Feb 1884 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)