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.
     ├─William Isaac Monroe Phillips
(1 Mar 1893 Tennessee, USA - 9 Sep 1954 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Nida Bell Deal
(9 May 1886 Georgia, USA - Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Jacob E Phillips
(17 Jun 1917 Gordon County, Georgia, USA - 6 Sep 1957 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     │      │ + Mina Joe Pippin
(9 Aug 1925 Gordon County, Georgia, USA - 6 Aug 2004 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     │      ├─W Elbert Phillips
(Abt 1919 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Kermit Roosevelt Phillips
(15 Mar 1921 Red Clay, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA - 16 Nov 1990 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Lola Viola Walker
(7 Nov 1913 Georgia, USA - 4 Oct 2008 Coldwater, Tate County, Mississippi, USA)
     │      └─Thurman Henry (Dock) Phillips
(6 Sep 1922 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 10 May 1985 DeKalb County, Georgia, USA)
     │       + Josie Mamie Letner
(25 Jul 1925 Decatur, Meigs County, Tennessee, USA - Jul 1986 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA)
     ├─James Preston Phillips
(29 May 1894 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Nov 1912)
     ├─Gracie Bell Phillips
(27 Mar 1896 Monroe County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Feb 1977 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + James M Riddle
(2 May 1895 Tennessee, USA - 12 Jul 1966 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Florence Jeanetta Phillips
(17 Feb 1900 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Jan 1997 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + William Authur Gee
(13 Mar 1894 Polk County, Tennessee, USA - 24 Mar 1940 Mountain Home, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Emma Olena Phillips
(8 Jan 1902 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 26 Dec 1965)
     │ William Daniel Guinn
(30 Jul 1893 Oklahoma, USA - 17 Aug 1976 Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     ├─Alma Isadore Phillips
(19 Dec 1903 Tennessee, USA - 26 Dec 1965)
     ├─Edwin Earl Phillips
(23 Dec 1905 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Jun 1942 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + Tennie Alice Oliver
(15 Jan 1909 Whitfield County, Georgia, USA - 16 Jul 1945 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Frederick Newton Phillips
(11 Sep 1907 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Dec 1948 Varnell Estates, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Margie Poteet
(19 Jan 1908 - 30 Sep 2004 Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     │      └─3 children
     ├─Agnes Tennie Phillips
(18 Jan 1910 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 20 Jan 1994 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     │ Luther Andrew Ratcliff
(15 Nov 1909 Polk County, Tennessee, USA - 5 Jan 1980 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     │      ├─4 more children
     │      ├─Cleo Janice Ratcliff
(31 Oct 1932 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA - 7 Oct 2005 Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │ Cecil Alvin Bradford
(24 Jun 1915 - 19 Oct 1977 Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │      └─2 sons
     │      └─Jerry Luther Ratcliff
(28 Apr 1938 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA - 17 Sep 1969 Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      └─James Phillips
(1939 Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA - 12 Jul 1992 Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)
     └─Lou Ellen (Bea) Phillips
(10 Jun 1914 - 21 Dec 1979 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA)