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.
Mother: Elizabeth Cary
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;4 Oct 1809 - 22 Feb 1881)
Silvanus Bacon
(25 Dec 1840 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1910 Nobob, Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
Sarah Ann Carey
(7 Feb 1841 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Dec 1912 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     ├─Elmira Catherine Bacon
(1 Oct 1862 Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Jul 1934 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │ + James Henry Marrs
(9 Jun 1845 Mercer County, Kentucky, USA - 8 Aug 1926 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     ├─Eliza Alice Bacon
(23 Dec 1864 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Aug 1951 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │ + James William Troxail
(16 Aug 1873 Barren County, Kentucky, USA - 17 Mar 1946 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     ├─Madison M Bacon
(Mar 1868 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Apr 1947 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │ Mary (Mollie) Hopkins Barbour
(15 Oct 1867 Kentucky, USA - 13 Sep 1924 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      ├─Jacob Robert (Jakie) Bacon
(21 Jul 1891 Barren County, Kentucky, USA - 28 Nov 1974 Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      │ Nettie F Weathers
(30 Oct 1890 Indiana, USA - 19 Nov 1988 Garden City, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
     │      │      ├─William Robert Bacon
(17 Jul 1919 Grant County, Indiana, USA - 5 Feb 2000 Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      └─Dexter A Bacon, Sr
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;18 Jun 1905 - 23 Feb 1979)
     │       Helen E Miller
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;29 Nov 1911 - 13 Oct 1996)
     │            ├─Dexter A Bacon, Jr
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;17 Dec 1930 - 5 Feb 2013)
     ├─Elbert M Bacon
(21 Jan 1870 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Apr 1946 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │ Mary Virgie Bacon
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;16 Jan 1877 - 27 Feb 1959)
     │      ├─Sarah Ema Bacon
(Oct 1896 Barren County, Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Artie V Bacon
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;26 Aug 1900 - 19 Oct 1993)
     │      │ + Manuel Leo Gentry
(14 Aug 1896 Metcalfe County, Kentucky, USA - 7 Sep 1953 Barren County, Kentucky, USA)
     │      ├─Anna J Bacon
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;5 Feb 1905 - 14 Sep 1972)
     │      ├─Lavada E Bacon
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;9 Jun 1909 - 4 May 1998)
     │      │ + Marion D Bradford
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;13 Feb 1909 - 19 Dec 1985)
     │      ├─Mildred Lucille Bacon
(Barren County, Kentucky, USA;7 Aug 1913 - 24 Jun 2000)
     │      └─Joe Maxwell Bacon
(19 Apr 1922 Barren County, Kentucky, USA - 9 Sep 2004 Metcalfe County, Kentucky, USA)
     ├─Charles J Bacon
(28 Nov 1873 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 3 May 1951)
     ├─Julia Ann Bacon
(Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA;9 Nov 1876 - Feb 1903)
     ├─William Henry Bacon
(7 Apr 1879 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA - 8 Jul 1961 McLean County, Illinois, USA)
     │ Bedie Ann Free
(10 Dec 1884 Eighty Eight, Barren County, Kentucky, USA - 26 Jan 1951 Le Roy, McLean County, Illinois, USA)
     │      ├─Pearl Bacon
(Abt 1905 Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Bertha Bacon
(Abt 1907 McLean County, Illinois, USA - )
     │      ├─Ruby Bacon
(Abt 1910 Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Johnce Bacon
(Abt 1912 Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Mabel Bacon
(Abt 1914 Kentucky, USA - )
     │      ├─Haskel Albert Bacon
(22 Feb 1916 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA - 9 Aug 2005 Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA)
     │      │ Martha F (Boots) Peak
(24 Jul 1915 Hooppole, Henry County, Illinois, USA - 24 Sep 2011 Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA)
     │      ├─Mary Christine Bacon
(15 Feb 1918 McLean County, Illinois, USA - 27 Jul 2000 Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA)
     │      ├─Vernon Buel Bacon
(3 Feb 1920 McLean County, Illinois, USA - 9 May 1993 Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA)