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.
     ├─Levi Trewhitt
(Abt 1804 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     ├─Gatsey Trewhitt
(Abt 1806 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - Abt 1839 Ray County, Missouri, USA)
     │ Ichabod Hall
(1 Jul 1794 Virginia, USA - 8 Apr 1882 Langell Valley, Klamath County, Oregon, USA)
     │      └─Calvin Hall
(Abt 1827 - )
     ├─Mary Trewhitt
(Abt 1808 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     ├─Eleanor Trewhitt
(Abt 1810 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     ├─Willis M. Trewhitt
(Abt 1812 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - )
     ├─Spencer G Truitt
(22 Jun 1814 Craven County, North Carolina, USA - 14 Apr 1892 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │ Nancy Palmer
(9 Dec 1808 Orange County, North Carolina, USA - 22 Feb 1884 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      ├─Willis Craven Truitt
(5 Apr 1835 North Carolina, USA - 8 Jul 1921 Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ Mary E Brim
(17 Nov 1841 North Carolina, USA - 20 Jan 1872 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Sarah McGruder Truitt
(8 Feb 1861 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │ :     │ 14 Apr 1951 Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + James Turner Wells
(26 Mar 1852 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │ :     │ 3 Jul 1937 Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Martha J Truitt
(Abt 1865 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │ :     ├─Annie Brim Truitt
(13 Apr 1866 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │ :     │ 9 Mar 1929 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ :     │ + John Raleigh North
(1 Sep 1868 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │ :     └─Monroe Truitt
(Abt 1869 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │ Mary Francis Ware
(20 Apr 1852 North Carolina, USA - 20 Feb 1931)
     │      │      ├─Rodolphus Garret Truitt
(1 Mar 1874 Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 13 Jan 1963 Virginia, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Sarah V Herring
(Abt 1887 Georgia, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Mary E Truitt
(Feb 1877 North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      │ + Rufus Alexander Lillycrop
(10 Apr 1874 Gold Hill, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA - )
     │      │      ├─Bessie Wellington Truitt
(Aug 1880 Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │      │ 20 Jul 1960 Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      │ + Marion Bennett Hasty
(1868 Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA - 1937 Wise County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      └─Joe Truitt
(Sep 1882 North Carolina, USA - )
     │      ├─Louisa Jane Truitt
(25 Dec 1838 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 14 Jan 1920 Center Grove, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ + James Madison Troxler
(Abt 1836 North Carolina, USA - 10 May 1864 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │ + Robert Lee Dixon
(Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA;10 Nov 1810 - 14 Apr 1881)
     │      │ + George W Williams
(Jun 1820 North Carolina, USA - )
     │      ├─Thomas Truitt
(7 Apr 1845 North Carolina, USA - 16 Apr 1911)
     │      │ Mary Jane Tickle
(Dec 1857 Alamance County, North Carolina, USA - 20 Jul 1937 Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │      ├─Charles Milton Truitt
(Dec 1879 North Carolina, USA - ) =>
     │      │      │ + Mary Lou Ledbetter
(Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA;28 May 1877 - 24 Jul 1952)
     │      │      ├─Nannie Belle Truitt
(2 Mar 1885 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │      │ 14 Feb 1963 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │      └─Fletcher Truitt
(14 Aug 1890 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │      │       12 Mar 1973 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │       + Claudie Brown
(12 May 1903 Virginia, USA - 24 Jan 1975 Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      ├─Spencer G Truitt
(1846 - 1891)
     │      │ Elizabeth M Simpson
(1861 - 1928)
     │      │      └─Junier A Truitt
(1880 - 1885)
     │      └─Levi Truitt
(11 Feb 1851 North Carolina, USA - 11 Sep 1913 Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, USA)
     │       Mary Rice
(Abt 1856 - )
     │       :     ├─Numer Truitt
(26 Sep 1881 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 29 Oct 1947 High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA) =>
     │       :     │ + Annie L Daniel
(13 Oct 1883 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA - 22 Jan 1952 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA)
     │       :     └─Virgil Truitt
(18 Aug 1888 North Carolina, USA - 14 Feb 1939 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA) =>
     │       :      + Clara Williams
(1892 North Carolina, USA - 1966 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA)
     │       Carrie D Pearman
(25 Nov 1880 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │       15 Jan 1958 Summerfield, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)
     │            └─Marvin Lee Truitt
(28 Jul 1907 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │             14 Apr 1968 Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA) =>
     │             + Edna Lindsay Sheffield
(14 May 1909 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA -      │             22 Jul 1989 Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA)