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.
         │ Hester Mary Smith (8 Jan 1829 - 23 Mar 1905. 76 years)(m. 11 Feb 1847 Dearborn Co, IN)
         │          ├─Samantha (Mattie) E Hazlett (13 Jun 1848 Dearborn Co, IN - 20 Aug 1934 Danville, Vermilion, IL. 86 years)
         │          │ + John S Darrough (6 Apr 1841 - 14 Aug 1920. 79 years)(m. 24 Apr 1873)
         │          ├─John C Hazlett (27 Aug 1850 Dearborn Co, IN - 10 Sep 1864. 14 years)
         │          │ + Asahel S Davis (14 Jan 1841 - 1 Jun 1889. 48 years)(m. 1876)
         │          ├─Emma C (Amy) Hazlett (3 Apr 1854 Dearborn Co, IN - 22 Apr 1925 Chicago, Cook, IL. 71 years)
         │          │ + Alvin L Ringo (14 Apr 1851 - 8 Oct 1916. 65 years)(m. 1878)
         │          ├─James Hazlett (4 Mar 1856 - 1 Jun 1940. 84 years)
         │          └─Annie Belle Hazlett (Abt 1857 - ??)
         ├─Hugh Daugherty Hazlet (21 Jan 1822 - 16 Jan 1887 bur.Leon, Decatur, IA. 64 years)
         │ Margaret Ann Graham (12 Jul 1835 Belfast, Ireland - 17 Apr 1921 bur.Leon, Decatur, IA. 85 years)(m. 15 Dec 1857 Benton Co, IN)
         │          ├─Sarah Ellen Hazlet (2 Feb 1859 - 9 Apr 1860. 1 years)
         │          │ Mary Elizabeth McCutchan (18 Oct 1863 Cambria, Wayne, IA - 4 Apr 1941 Altus, Jackson, OK. 77 years)(m. 23 Aug 1883)
         │          │          ├─Minnie Hazlet (2 Jun 1884 - 16 Jan 1934 Brighton, Adams, CO. 49 years)
         │          │          │ + Dr. Everett Alma (Doc) Bright (12 Jun 1879 - 25 Feb 1940 Brighton, Adams, CO. 60 years)(m. 30 Jul 1916)
         │          │          ├─Ruey Hazlet (25 Jun 1886 - 8 Jan 1968. 81 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Otto Arthur Wiesley (12 Oct 1888 Coal City, Grundy, IL - 1973. 84 years)(m. 22 Jun 1910)
         │          │          ├─Ruby D Hazlet (21 Mar 1888 - 28 Jul 1955. 67 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Rolla L Chastain (6 Apr 1881 - 15 Dec 1958. 77 years)(m. 17 Jun 1909)
         │          │          ├─Mary Elizabeth Hazlet (12 Aug 1891 - 31 Jan 1923 bur.Leon, Decatur, IA. 31 years)
         │          │          ├─Fanny May Hazlet (18 Jun 1893 - 8 Sep 1985 bur.Altus, Jackson, OK. 92 years) =>
         │          │          │ + George Emmett Starks (7 Mar 1890 - 3 Mar 1966 Altus, Jackson, OK. 75 years)(m. 2 Feb 1915)
         │          │          ├─William James (Bill) Hazlet (5 Nov 1895 - 9 Feb 1996 Brighton, Adams, CO. 100 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Cuba Elizabeth Hayes (22 Apr 1898 - 3 Mar 1983. 84 years)(m. 2 Jul 1924)
         │          │          ├─Raymond Leroy Hazlet (23 Nov 1901 - 24 Mar 1987. 85 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Ena Maureen Hair (Abt 1906 - 19 Sep 1952. ~46 years)(m. 2 Mar 1932)
         │          │          │ + Dorothy Klein (24 Jun 1911 - 7 Dec 1991. 80 years)(m. 11 Jul 1954)
         │          │          └─Florence Venice Hazlet (12 Jan 1908 - 27 May 2006. 98 years) =>
         │          │           + Robert R Kritenbrink (1 Sep 1904 Cass Co, IA - 30 Dec 1984. 80 years)(m. 3 Dec 1928)
         │          ├─Ida May Hazlet (25 Jul 1867 - 5 Aug 1949 bur.Leon, Decatur, IA. 82 years)
         │          │ + Walter Clyde Kimport (8 Apr 1881 Benton Co, IA - 11 Jul 1941 Des Moines, Polk, IA. 60 years)(m. 28 Jun 1905)
         │          │ Joseph Willis (Willie) Walton (8 May 1869 - 4 Feb 1959. 89 years)(m. 28 Dec 1892)
         │          │          ├─Willie Hugh Walton (7 Mar 1896 - 11 Nov 1948. 52 years)
         │          │          ├─Mary Beulah Walton (18 May 1901 - 18 Dec 2005. 104 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Roy Daniel McDaniel (4 Aug 1901 - Apr 1987. 85 years)(m. 11 Feb 1925)
         │          │           + Andrew Edward Barry (28 Aug 1894 - 31 Jul 1983. 88 years)(m. 11 Feb 1925)
         │          └─James D Hazlet (10 Dec 1871 - 7 Jan 1923 bur.Leon, Decatur, IA. 51 years)
          Caroline McClure (Abt 1825 Dearborn Co, IN - 7 Sep 1886. ~61 years)(m. 27 Mar 1848 Dearborn Co, IN)
          :         ├─Hugh D Hazlet (20 May 1851 Dearborn Co, IN - 18 Dec 1918. 67 years)
          :         │ Rachael O Slusher (Dec 1850 - 28 May 1932. ~81 years)(m. 10 Mar 1875)
          :         │          ├─James Howard Hazlett (25 Dec 1875 - 11 Feb 1963. 87 years)
          :         │          └─Ruby V Hazlet (Jun 1882 - ??)