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.
Eleanor Fulton
(Augusta County, Virginia, USA;17 Dec 1740 - 1824)
     └─James H McCutchan
(1761 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Abt 30 Dec 1822 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
      Elizabeth Hunter
(Abt 1766 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1846 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           ├─Julie Ann McCutchan
(1785 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Abt 1826 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           │ + William May
           │ + Richard Lewis
           ├─James H. McCutchan
(Abt 1787 - )
           ├─Rebecca Sarah McCutchan
(5 Nov 1788 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 20 Nov 1841 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           │ + Syrinus Emmons
(Abt 1796 Virginia, USA - 28 Aug 1869)
           ├─William Eldon McCutcheon
(24 Dec 1792 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 1 Jul 1875 Yamhill, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │ Elizabeth Galloway
(17 Aug 1817 Kentucky, USA - 31 Oct 1904 Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │      ├─Hannah Mary McCutchan
(13 Aug 1838 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 27 Sep 1919 Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │      │ + William T Kutch
(15 Mar 1826 Monroe County, Indiana, USA - 28 Mar 1922 Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │      ├─Mahalah Ann McCutchan
(13 May 1847 Indiana, USA - 6 Jul 1904 Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │      │ + Clemmons G Scott
(9 Jul 1845 Indiana, USA - 20 Jul 1916 Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │      └─William Eldon McCutcheon, Jr
(Jul 1849 Lafayette, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 20 Jun 1908 Yamhill County, Oregon, USA) =>
           │       + Talitha Clementine Black
(19 Oct 1853 Worth County, Missouri, USA - 27 Apr 1893 Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA)
           │       + Phoebe A ??
(Nov 1876 Missouri, USA - )
           ├─Samuel McCutchan
(6 Jan 1795 Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA - 26 Apr 1867 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           │ Sarah Reasor
(14 Nov 1805 Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA - 20 May 1854 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           │      ├─Anna McCutchan
(26 Jun 1825 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 12 Nov 1847 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           │      ├─Fannie McCutchan
(1828 Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 1849 Clark County, Indiana, USA)
           │      │ + Fat Wilson
(Est 1828 - )
           │      ├─James McCutchan
(Abt 1829 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - )
           │      │ + Elizabeth Scott
(Abt 1837 Indiana, USA - )
           │      ├─William Thomas McCutcheon
(Oct 1831 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - Abt 1916 Missouri, USA) =>
           │      │ + Mary Jane Fender
(7 Feb 1837 Lawrence County, Indiana, USA - 2 Jan 1916 St Francois County, Missouri, USA)
           │      ├─Josiah McCutchan
(27 Oct 1833 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 3 Apr 1891 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA) =>
           │      │ + Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Nelson
(18 Feb 1842 Madison County, Indiana, USA - 13 Sep 1906 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA)
           │      ├─John M McCutchan
(30 Nov 1835 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 18 Jan 1916 Jennings, Crawford County, Indiana, USA)
           │      │ + Sarah Melissa Roberts
(24 Apr 1840 Indiana, USA - 18 Jul 1885 Harrison County, Indiana, USA)
           │      ├─Sarah Jane McCutchan
(11 Sep 1836 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 1917 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA)
           │      │ + James M Akers
(Abt 1840 Indiana, USA - 5 Apr 1863 Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, USA)
           │      │ + Cleophas F Coomes
(1832 Kentucky, USA - 1 Apr 1900 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA)
           │      ├─LaRue McCutchan
(6 Nov 1842 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 18 Jul 1922 Benton County, Arkansas, USA) =>
           │      │ + Jane Elizabeth Todd
(24 May 1847 Indiana, USA - 21 Jun 1883 Lawrence County, Indiana, USA)
           │      ├─David Washington McCutchan
(11 Feb 1846 New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA -            │      │ 3 Jan 1916 Scottsville, Mitchell County, Kansas, USA) =>
           │      │ + Fanny Bassett
(11 Feb 1849 Ohio, USA - 24 Oct 1918)
           │      └─Samuel Willis McCutchan
(3 Jun 1848 Floyds Knobs, Floyd County, Indiana, USA - 1931 Colorado, USA) =>
           │       + America
           │       + Clarinda A Bird
(Sep 1853 Indiana, USA - 4 Feb 1940 Portland, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA)
           ├─Priscilla McCutchan
(1796 Kentucky, USA - )
           │ + John Seals
(Abt 1795 Kentucky, USA - )
           ├─Hannah McCutchan
(Abt 1798 Scott County, Kentucky, USA - )
           ├─Fulton McCutchan
(1800 Scott County, Kentucky, USA - 14 Nov 1863 Floyd County, Indiana, USA)
           ├─Elizabeth McCutchan
(1805 Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA - 28 Aug 1854 Cass, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA)
           │ + Humphrey Shepherd, Sr
(23 May 1801 Kentucky, USA - 4 Aug 1884)
           ├─Eleanor Ann McCutchan
(1810 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 7 Mar 1859 South River, Augusta County, Virginia, USA)
           │ + Jabin B Corby
(Abt 1820 Virginia, USA - )
           └─Martha R McCutchan
(1814 Indiana, USA - 23 Aug 1884 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
            + Thomas H Hindman
(25 Feb 1810 South Carolina, USA - 11 Oct 1894)