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, PA - 1846 Washington Co, TN)
Mother: Magdalene Neumann
(10 Jul 1773 Montgomery Co, PA - Bef 1850 Washington Co, TN)
James Bacon, Jr
(1795 Virginia - 15 Mar 1853 Jefferson Co, TN)
Dorcas Jackson
(Abt 1792 Washington Co, TN - 1 Feb 1851 Jefferson Co, TN)
     ├─John Bacon
(30 May 1813 Washington Co, TN - 7 Jun 1863 Monroe Co, KY)
     ├─Soloman Bacon
(1815 Washington Co, TN - Apr 1880 Jefferson Co, TN)
     ├─Malinda Bacon
(Abt 1818 Washington Co, TN - Jefferson Co, TN)
     ├─Nancy Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;6 Dec 1819 - 10 May 1889)
     │ Charles Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;6 May 1814 - 2 Mar 1894)
     │      ├─Mary Ellen Bacon
(2 Feb 1838 Washington Co, TN - 24 Nov 1909 Dallas Co, MO)
     │      │ + Samuel Washington Baines
(11 Nov 1825 Tennessee - 23 Aug 1906)
     │      ├─Amanda Jane Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;16 Apr 1841 - 3 Oct 1907)
     │      │ + Joseph Benjamin Sherfey
(Washington Co, TN;26 Apr 1838 - 30 Jul 1920)
     │      ├─James Charles Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;22 Feb 1844 - 18 Jun 1902)
     │      │ Elizabeth Douglas
(Abt 1848 Tennessee - )
     │      │      ├─William H Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;28 Apr 1867 - 20 Nov 1883)
     │      │      ├─Charles D Bacon
(Mar 1869 Washington Co, TN - Aft 1930)
     │      │      │ Carrie Boring
(15 Sep 1869 Greenfield, Greene, IL - 22 Mar 1928 Rubicon, Greene, IL)
     │      │      ├─Flora E Bacon
(19 Feb 1874 Washington Co, TN - 14 May 1958 Marshall, Macon, NC)
     │      │      │ + Henry Clinton Boles
(18 Mar 1874 Tennessee - 15 Apr 1944)
     │      │      ├─Robert Oscar Bacon
(Aug 1876 Washington Co, TN - )
     │      │      ├─Nancy Alice Bacon
(4 Mar 1879 Washington Co, TN - 24 Aug 1945 Greene Co, TN)
     │      │            ├─Benjamin Harrison Bacon, Jr
(5 Jun 1923 Greeneville, Greene, TN - 16 Sep 1986 Dade Co, FL)
     │      │            ├─Robert Eugene Bacon, Sr
(Oak Ridge, Anderson, TN;8 Jul 1925 - 27 Nov 2013)
     │      │            │ + Living
     │      │            ├─Emma Sue Bacon
(8 Jul 1925 Oak Ridge, Anderson, TN - 29 Nov 1934 Greene Co, TN)
     │      │            └─Helen Marie Bacon
(25 Aug 1928 Morristown, Hamblen, TN - 1 May 1981 Boynton Beach, Palm Beach, FL)
     │      │             + Elgie Thomas Stamey
(22 Sep 1928 Crossnore, Avery, NC - 6 May 2004 Floral City, Citrus, FL)
     │      ├─Martha E Bacon
(1846 Washington Co, TN - Adairville, Logan, KY)
     │      │ + William F Robertson
(Abt 1843 Tennessee - )
     │      ├─Rachel E Bacon
(1849 Washington Co, TN - Kansas)
     │      ├─Dicy Alice Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;7 Apr 1855 - 19 Aug 1903)
     │      │ + James Cosson Humphreys
(1 Aug 1840 Tennessee - 10 Dec 1920 Bearden, Knox, TN)
     │      ├─Robert Bovell Bacon
(8 Apr 1857 Washington Co, TN - 23 Oct 1912 Sulphur Springs, Washington, TN)
     │      │ Cora M Cox
(18 May 1867 Washington Co, TN - 3 Dec 1958 Jonesborough, Washington, TN)
     │      │      ├─Raleigh D Bacon, Sr
(11 Oct 1888 Washington Co, TN - 4 Aug 1960)
     │      │      │ Hazel B Gresham
(8 Jul 1898 Washington Co, TN - 6 Oct 1964)
     │      │      │      ├─Raleigh D Bacon, Jr
(14 Oct 1920 Kingsport, Sullivan, TN - 13 Nov 1998 Knoxville, Knox, TN)
     │      │      │      └─Robert Allen Bacon
(12 Jun 1923 Tennessee - 17 Aug 2009 Knox Co, TN)
     │      │      ├─Ralph R Bacon
(Washington Co, TN;14 Feb 1891 - 20 Dec 1976)
     │      │      │ Margaret Oma Cox
(Abt 1892 Tennessee - )
     │      │      │      ├─Robert H Bacon
(27 Aug 1923 Washington Co, TN - 8 Jun 1999 Oak Ridge, Anderson, TN)
     │      │      ├─Mary M Bacon
(Sulphur Springs, Washington, TN;15 Jun 1894 - 27 Jan 1917)
     │      │      ├─Robert Fred Bacon
(20 Jun 1900 Washington Co, TN - 9 Sep 1959 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, OH)
     │      │      │ + Thelma L McKinstry
(4 Mar 1908 Akron, Summit, OH - 9 May 1994 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, OH)
     │      │      ├─Emma Sue Bacon
(Sulphur Springs, Washington, TN;9 Dec 1902 - 30 Apr 1984)
     │      │      ├─Charles F Bacon
(11 Nov 1903 Jonesborough, Washington, TN - 18 Jul 1986 Doylestown, Wayne, OH)
     │      │      │ + Mary Ann Walker
(24 Nov 1915 Washington Co, TN - 10 May 2001 Jonesborough, Washington, TN)
     │      │      └─William H Bacon
(11 Aug 1911 Washington Co, TN - 7 Jan 1989 Knoxville, Knox, TN)
     │      └─Virginia "Virgie" M. Bacon
(1862 Washington Co, TN - 2 Sep 1939 Umatilla, Umatilla, OR)
     │       + Henry B Bacen
(1860 Tennessee - )
     │       + David N Good
     ├─Elizabeth Bacon
(Abt 1820 Washington Co, TN - )
     ├─George Bacon
(2 Feb 1822 Washington Co, TN - 18 Feb 1902 Kansas City, Jackson, MO)
     ├─Mary Bacon
(Abt 1825 Washington Co, TN - )
     ├─Rebecca Bacon
(Abt 1827 Washington Co, TN - 14 Dec 1851 Jefferson Co, TN)
     └─James Bacon
(Dec 1829 Washington Co, TN - Jefferson Co, TN)