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.
           │ + Dorothy Smith
(1785 Little Mount, Spencer, KY - )
           ├─Hannah Reasor
(26 Jan 1787 Winchester, Frederick, VA - 3 Sep 1863 Floyd Co, IN)
           │ + John Jackson Galloway
(1 Jun 1796 Paducah, McCracken, KY - 27 Nov 1874 Waitsburg, Walla Walla, WA)
           ├─Josiah Reasor
(2 Apr 1789 Winchester, Frederick, VA - 6 Nov 1868 Elk Creek, Spencer, KY)
           │ + Elizabeth Allen
(2 Sep 1793 Maryland - 4 Mar 1869 Shelby Co, KY)
           ├─Daniel Reasor
(5 Jun 1791 Winchester, Frederick, VA - Sep 1870 Floyd Co, IN)
           ├─William H Reasor
(10 Feb 1796 Winchester, Frederick, VA - Memphis, Shelby, TN)
           │ + Elizabeth Gattan
           │ + Elizabeth L Gatton
(Abt 1810 Kentucky - )
           ├─Anna Reasor
(25 Dec 1797 Little Mount, Spencer, KY - 8 Oct 1845 Floyd Co, IN)
           ├─Margaret Reasor
(10 Jun 1800 Little Mount, Spencer, KY - 1849 Greenville, Floyd, IN)
           ├─James Herbert Reasor
(Little Mount, Spencer, KY;6 Aug 1803 - 1859)
           │ + Living
           └─Sarah Reasor
(14 Nov 1805 Little Mount, Spencer, KY - 20 May 1854 Scottsville, Floyd, IN)
            Samuel McCutchan
(6 Jan 1795 Bourbon Co, KY - 26 Apr 1867 Scottsville, Floyd, IN)
                 ├─Anna McCutchan
(26 Jun 1825 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 12 Nov 1847 Scottsville, Floyd, IN)
                 ├─Fannie McCutchan
(1828 Scottsville, Floyd, IN - 1849 Clark Co, IN)
                 │ + Fat Wilson
(Est 1828 - )
                 ├─James McCutchan
(Abt 1829 New Albany, Floyd, IN - )
                 │ + Elizabeth Scott
(Abt 1837 Indiana - )
                 ├─William Thomas McCutcheon
(Oct 1831 New Albany, Floyd, IN - Abt 1916 Missouri) =>
                 │ + Mary Jane Fender
(7 Feb 1837 Lawrence Co, IN - 2 Jan 1916 St Francois Co, MO)
                 ├─Josiah McCutchan
(27 Oct 1833 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 3 Apr 1891 Leon, Decatur, IA) =>
                 │ + Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Nelson
(18 Feb 1842 Madison Co, IN - 13 Sep 1906 Leon, Decatur, IA)
                 ├─John M McCutchan
(30 Nov 1835 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 18 Jan 1916 Jennings, Crawford, IN)
                 │ + Sarah Melissa Roberts
(24 Apr 1840 Indiana - 18 Jul 1885 Harrison Co, IN)
                 ├─Sarah Jane McCutchan
(11 Sep 1836 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 1917 Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN)
                 │ + James M Akers
(Abt 1840 Indiana - 5 Apr 1863 Ashland, Boyd, KY)
                 ├─LaRue McCutchan
(6 Nov 1842 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 18 Jul 1922 Benton Co, AR) =>
                 │ + Jane Elizabeth Todd
(24 May 1847 Indiana - 21 Jun 1883 Lawrence Co, IN)
                 ├─David Washington McCutchan
(11 Feb 1846 New Albany, Floyd, IN - 3 Jan 1916 Scottsville, Mitchell, KS) =>
                 │ + Fanny Bassett
(11 Feb 1849 Ohio - 24 Oct 1918)
                 └─Samuel Willis McCutchan
(3 Jun 1848 Floyds Knobs, Floyd, IN - 1931 Colorado) =>
                  + America
                  + Clarinda A Bird
(Sep 1853 Indiana - 4 Feb 1940 Portland, Clackamas, OR)