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.
Frances Lawrence Hunter
(10 Mar 1749 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA - 25 Jul 1834 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA)
Captain Matthew Arbuckle
(15 Jul 1740 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA - 27 Jul 1781 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA)
     ├─James Harvey Arbuckle
(17 Nov 1775 Fort Donaldson, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - 7 Mar 1869 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA)
     │ Catherine Alexander
(20 Sep 1781 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 21 Jan 1863 West Virginia, USA)
     │      └─James Harvey Arbuckle, Jr
(Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA;1 Jan 1818 - 3 Apr 1898)
     │       Mahala Frances McPherson
(27 Jul 1821 Fauquier County, Virginia, USA - 18 Feb 1908 Old Fields, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Andrew Alexander Arbuckle
(16 Jun 1847 Accomack County, Virginia, USA - 23 Sep 1936 Howard County, Missouri, USA) =>
     │            │ + Mary Wright (Rightie) Estill
(1 Aug 1853 Missouri, USA - 5 Sep 1915 Howard County, Missouri, USA)
     │            ├─John William Arbuckle
(Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA;26 Apr 1850 - 30 Jan 1925) =>
     │            │ + Mary Tate Finley
(1 Sep 1855 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - 13 May 1884 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            │ + Mary Withers Young
(Abt 1867 Augusta County, Virginia, USA -      │            │ 18 Aug 1939 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─James Harvey Arbuckle, III
(26 Apr 1852 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ 12 Mar 1929 Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA) =>
     │            │ + Elizabeth Eastham
(27 Oct 1856 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 2 Oct 1905 Putnam County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            ├─Mary Elizabeth Arbuckle
(26 Jan 1855 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA -      │            │ 6 Aug 1869 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA)
     │            └─Amanda McPherson Arbuckle
(9 May 1857 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA -      │             10 Mar 1909 Old Fields, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA)
     │             + Samuel M McNeill
(Old Fields, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA;8 Jul 1851 - 1 Mar 1918)
     ├─General Matthew Arbuckle, Jr
(28 Dec 1778 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - 11 Jun 1851 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA)
     ├─Thomas Arbuckle
(15 Jan 1780 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - 29 Sep 1838 Henry County, Missouri, USA)
     │ Jane Davis
(15 Jun 1785 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - Abt 1840 Henry County, Missouri, USA)
     │      ├─Cyrus Pharoh Arbuckle
(1 Sep 1805 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - 19 Sep 1864 St Louis County, Missouri, USA)
     │      ├─John Davis Arbuckle
(1808 Kentucky, USA - 8 Dec 1873 Arkansas, USA)
     │      │ Emily 'Louisa' Jones
(20 Nov 1820 Missouri, USA - 23 Feb 1886 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─David A Arbuckle
(5 Nov 1835 Henry County, Missouri, USA - 2 Mar 1879 Arkansas, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Araminda A Carroll
(12 Aug 1845 Franklin County, Arkansas, USA - 1875 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Elflida Carroll
(19 Jul 1857 Franklin County, Arkansas, USA -      │      │      │ 14 Mar 1926 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Emily (Emma) Arbuckle
(1 Oct 1837 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA - 26 Sep 1900 Logan County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      │ + John Randolph Titsworth
(13 Jan 1831 Arkansas, USA - 24 Jun 1864 Roseville, Logan County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Sarah Ann (Sally) Arbuckle
(15 Jun 1842 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA - 20 Feb 1866 Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Benjamin J Wilkinson
(Est 1830 Tennessee, USA - 1864 Texas, USA)
     │      │      └─Mary Elizabeth Arbuckle
(Sep 1843 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA - 1920)
     │      │       + Henry Michael Carroll
(1839 Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA - 9 Aug 1871 Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │       + Leander Henderson Ingraham, M.D.
(May 1844 McNairy County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │       : 22 Jun 1909 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      ├─Nancy Welsh Arbuckle
(11 Mar 1811 Kentucky, USA - 27 Aug 1881)
     │      │ + Colby Taylor Stephenson
(21 Jun 1800 Kentucky, USA - 22 May 1872 Oregon, USA)
     │      ├─James Alexander Arbuckle
(1 Oct 1815 Kentucky, USA - Dec 1861 Paola, Miami County, Kansas, USA)
     │      │ + Amanda Hunkel
(1829 Missouri, USA - Nov 1886 Denver County, Colorado, USA)
     │      ├─Frances Jane Arbuckle
(22 Sep 1819 Kentucky, USA - 10 Aug 1902)
     │      │ + William Adamson
     │      └─Martha Arbuckle
(1825 Kentucky, USA - 8 Feb 1853 Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA)
     │       + Asa Crosby Marvin
(12 Oct 1814 Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA - 10 Dec 1872 Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA)
     └─Samuel Arbuckle
(15 Feb 1782 Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA - 6 May 1831 Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA)
      +
      + Arabella Palmer
(Abt 1784 Virginia, USA - )