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: James Bacon
(Abt 1758 Maidencreek Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA - 1846 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Mother: Magdalene Neumann
(10 Jul 1773 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA - Bef 1850 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Elizabeth Bacon
(15 May 1805 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 1864 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
James Rogers Mitchell
(1 Dec 1798 Tennessee, USA - 4 Jun 1878 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
├─Thomas Mitchell
(4 Sep 1826 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Jun 1897 Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA)
│ + Ruth Hale
(27 Nov 1824 Tennessee, USA - 19 Jan 1884 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
├─Wesley Mitchell
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;1828 - 12 Jun 1864)
├─Mary J Mitchell
(26 Sep 1829 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Dec 1906 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
├─Abigail Mitchell
(15 Mar 1833 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Jan 1885 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
│ + John W Combs
(16 Oct 1828 Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 1895 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
├─Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell
(6 Sep 1834 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 13 Apr 1913 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
├─Sarah Mitchell
(8 Mar 1836 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 13 Dec 1913 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
│ + Harvey D Isenberg
(3 Apr 1836 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Mar 1909 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
├─Catharine "Katy" Mitchell
(8 Feb 1839 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Apr 1910 Monroe County, Kentucky, USA)
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1805 - 1864 (58 years)
(Abt 1758 Maidencreek Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA - 1846 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
