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.
Lucy Nalle
(6 Jun 1784 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA - 5 Oct 1875 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
Phillip Bennett
(1 Jun 1784 Washington County, Kentucky, USA - 8 Aug 1866 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
     └─Elizabeth E Bennett
(29 Nov 1816 Washington County, Kentucky, USA - 29 Dec 1882 Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
      John Franklin Coffman
(11 Dec 1798 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA - 8 Mar 1882 Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─Alfred Taylor Coffman
(11 Sep 1837 Rockport, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 3 Jun 1917 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │ Louisa Smith
(Ohio County, Kentucky, USA;26 May 1839 - 6 May 1917)
           │      ├─John Taylor Coffman
(28 Nov 1857 McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 18 Oct 1881 Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      │ + Maggie Dean
(17 Feb 1861 - 15 Oct 1892 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      ├─Francis Oliver (Franklin) Coffman
(McLean County, Kentucky, USA;21 Mar 1860 - 17 Sep 1938) =>
           │      │ + Laura May Everly
(11 Nov 1863 Kentucky, USA - 2 Aug 1899 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      │ + Florence Hardin
(1885 Kentucky, USA - 6 Apr 1961 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      ├─William Forrest Coffman
(31 Mar 1862 Kentucky, USA - 23 Apr 1939 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      │ + Sallie Ferguson
(23 Apr 1866 McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 27 Aug 1944 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      ├─Mattie J Coffman
(18 Apr 1864 Kentucky, USA - 7 Jul 1890 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      │ + Harry L King
(10 Jul 1862 Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA - 7 Jan 1913 Ray, Grayson County, Texas, USA)
           │      ├─Jesse E Coffman
(Jul 1870 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - Bef 1880)
           │      ├─Clara L Coffman
(17 Mar 1874 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - Bef 1880)
           │      ├─Alfred Burden (Berty) Coffman
(Ohio County, Kentucky, USA;6 Oct 1876 - 5 Mar 1916) =>
           │      │ + Bertha Mae Everly
(Oct 1881 Kentucky, USA - 14 Jan 1917 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      ├─Charles Smith Coffman
(9 Mar 1880 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 2 Feb 1965 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      │ + Luvena M (Lulu) McMillion
(30 Apr 1882 West Virginia, USA - 20 Feb 1956 Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      └─Iva Coffman
(Ohio County, Kentucky, USA;25 Jan 1885 - 2 Oct 1974)
           │       + Issac Newell Brown
(12 Jul 1882 Equality, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 16 Jun 1960 Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─William Perry Coffman
(1844 Kentucky, USA - 21 Jul 1909)
           │ + Anna M (Annie) Johnson
(McLean County, Kentucky, USA;2 Dec 1861 - 17 Jul 1930)
           ├─Mary Eliza Coffman
(26 Dec 1853 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA - 13 Oct 1910 Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           │ + Sam I Turner
(28 Feb 1842 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA - 8 May 1923 Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─Sarah Alice Coffman
(7 Jan 1854 McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 12 Jul 1914 Butler County, Kentucky, USA)
           │ + Brice V McKenney
(4 Aug 1852 Butler County, Kentucky, USA - 16 Aug 1930 Franklin County, Ohio, USA)
           │ + Christopher Raleigh Williams
(21 Nov 1849 Kentucky, USA - 2 May 1898 Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           └─James Buchanon Coffman
(28 Jan 1857 Kentucky, USA - 8 Jan 1935 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA)
            + Edmonia (Eddie) James
(25 Oct 1861 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 14 Feb 1934 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)