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.
         │          │          │ + Mary Sarah Brown (14 Feb 1813 - 11 Jun 1891. 78 years)
         │          │          ├─Martha Jane Hutcheson
         │          │          ├─Eleanor Elizabeth Hutcheson
         │          │          │ + William Henry Greer (9 Oct 1821 - 25 Jun 1908. 86 years)(m. Est 1852 Bledsoe Co, TN)
         │          │          └─Nancy Jane Hutcheson (Bledsoe Co, TN;24 Dec 1837 - 4 Mar 1838. 0 years)
         │          │ + Robert Vernon (12 Aug 1800 - 8 Nov 1869. 69 years)(m. 8 May 1822)
         │          │          ├─Martha Jane Hutcheson (13 Aug 1834 - 25 May 1890. 55 years)
         │          │          │ + Pleasant Edward Doughty (3 Feb 1821 - 7 Jan 1885. 63 years)(m. 31 Jan 1847)
         │          │          │ + Mary Jane Dean (11 Mar 1844 Cleveland, Bradley, TN - 22 Mar 1925. 81 years)
         │          │          │ + Samuel G Thompson (Est 1839 - ??)(m. 20 Nov 1858)
         │          │          ├─Charles Cyrus Hutcheson (1841 - ??)
         │          │          │ + Vilena C Norman (Abt 1849 - ??)(m. 13 Apr 1864)
         │          │          ├─Rebecca Tennessee Hutcheson (13 Jan 1844 - 14 Nov 1920 Childress, Childress, TX. 76 years)
         │          │          │ + Chris H Mathewson (Aug 1833 - ??)(m. 1867)
         │          │          ├─George Napolean Hutcheson (3 Oct 1845 - 31 Mar 1923 Arlington, Tarrant, TX. 77 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Consada Bell Shirley (1855 - 18 Oct 1917 Arlington, Tarrant, TX. 62 years)(m. 1875)
         │          │          ├─Samantha M Hutcheson (3 Feb 1848 - 12 Apr 1871. 23 years)
         │          │          │ + Marion Monroe Ownby (18 Mar 1848 - 1 Apr 1942. 94 years)(m. 2 Mar 1867)
         │          │          ├─Alfred Leander Hutcheson, Jr. (3 Feb 1848 - 18 Nov 1882 Arlington, Tarrant, TX. 34 years)
         │          │          └─Ada Margaret Hutcheson (1852 - 1852. 0 years)
         │          │          │ + Ruth G Doughty (27 Jan 1837 Cookeville, Putnam, TN - 31 Dec 1907. 70 years)(m. 1855 Birchwood, Hamilton, TN)
         │          │          ├─Samuel W Hutcheson (17 Jan 1834 Bledsoe Co, TN - 1 Jun 1886. 52 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Susan E Roberts (1831 - 31 Jan 1875. 44 years)(m. 31 Oct 1855)
         │          │          ├─Charles Newton Hutcheson (Dayton, Rhea, TN;18 Jan 1836 - 22 Sep 1908. 72 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Harriet Watts McDonald (13 Apr 1839 - 12 May 1876. 37 years)(m. 25 Dec 1860)
         │          │          │ + Adelia Lodemia Gamble (1 Apr 1845 - 26 Aug 1883. 38 years)(m. 14 Mar 1877)
         │          │          │ + Martha Marler (30 Jun 1862 -          │          │          │ 16 Jun 1939 Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. 76 years)(m. 27 Feb 1889)
         │          │          ├─James Caswell Hutcheson (9 Jun 1839 - 19 Feb 1918. 78 years) =>
         │          │          │ + Harriet A Runyon (20 Nov 1840 - 4 Dec 1891. 51 years)(m. 23 Oct 1860)
         │          │          │ + Mary Jane Peterson (26 Jul 1854 - 29 Jun 1914. 59 years)(m. 5 Jan 1896)
         │          │          └─Alfred Leonidas Hutcheson (21 Jan 1842 - 22 Oct 1930. 88 years) =>
         │          │           + Louisa Annis Martin (30 Nov 1845 - 1 Nov 1928. 82 years)(m. 23 Jul 1866)