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.
Father: Alfred Taylor Coffman
(11 Sep 1837 Rockport, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 3 Jun 1917 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
Mother: Louisa Smith
(Ohio County, Kentucky, USA;26 May 1839 - 6 May 1917)
Laura May Everly
(11 Nov 1863 Kentucky, USA - 2 Aug 1899 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA)
:     ├─Hubert Oliver Coffman
(6 May 1883 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - Oct 1961 Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA)
:     │ Mary Lista Hutcheson
(6 Nov 1884 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Jun 1984 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA)
:     │      ├─Evalyn Jean Coffman
(16 May 1914 Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 17 Oct 1997 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA)
:     │      │ Jacob Charles (James) Ianne
(21 Jun 1903 Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA - )
:     │      │ :     └─James Ianne Dudley
(Abt 1938 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - Abt 2020) =>
:     │      │ :      + Living
:     │      │ Edgar Elwood (Dud) Dudley
(25 Jan 1914 Richmond, Wise County, Virginia, USA - :     │      │ 20 Jan 2000 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA)
:     │      │      └─James Ianne Dudley
(Abt 1938 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - Abt 2020) =>
:     │      │       + Living
:     │      └─Carlos Benson Coffman
(26 Jan 1917 Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 3 Oct 2003 Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
:     │       Gladys Ruth Schovan
(12 Mar 1919 New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, USA - 7 Jun 2003 Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
:     │            ├─David Benson Coffman
(11 Sep 1936 Michigan, USA - 27 Jun 2010 Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA) =>
:     │            │ + Sherry Rapier
(9 Jan 1941 - 17 Dec 2012)
:     ├─Archie Lee (Arch) Coffman, Sr
(29 Sep 1888 Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 27 Nov 1927 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
:     │ Fannie Charlotte Hutcheson
(3 Jun 1890 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Sep 1988 Clinton Twp, Macomb County, Michigan, USA)
:     │      ├─Oliver Lee Coffman
(10 Nov 1910 Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA - 1922 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
:     │      ├─Hannah Louise Coffman
(21 Dec 1912 Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 16 Mar 1933 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
:     │      │ :     └─Dolores Frances Coffman
(15 Sep 1931 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 19 Jun 1991 Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan, USA) =>
:     │      │ :      + William Francis Watson, Jr
(27 May 1929 Belleville, Ontario, Canada - 20 Jan 2012)
:     │      │ :      + Claude Holman
(1934 - )
:     │      │ + Walter Fredrick Stadelman
(21 Jun 1912 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 9 Sep 2000)
:     │      ├─Helen Fay Coffman
(27 Dec 1914 McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 28 Feb 2012 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA)
:     │      │ Olaf Randolph (Randy) Baaso
(24 Jan 1914 Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA - :     │      │ 19 Mar 2002 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA)
:     │      │      │ + Living
:     │      │      ├─Glenn Robert Baaso
(12 Oct 1946 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 24 Sep 2011 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA)
:     │      │      │ + Living
:     │      │       + Living
:     │      ├─John Coffman
(Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA;25 Jan 1920 - 1920)
:     │      ├─Archie Lee Coffman, Jr
(21 Aug 1921 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 17 Feb 2010 Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA)
:     │      │ Rachel Patricia (Pat) Lavery
(13 Mar 1921 Lurgan, Northern Ireland - 30 Jun 2018 Roseville, Macomb County, Michigan, USA)
:     │      │       + Living
:     │      ├─Gordon Stanley Coffman
(29 Jul 1923 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 8 Jun 2003 Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA)
:     │      │ Doreen May Kidman
(18 Apr 1929 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA - 20 Dec 2005 Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA)
:     │             + Living
:     ├─Charlie Coffman
(1 Sep 1890 Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - )
:     └─John Franklin Coffman
(23 Sep 1890 Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 21 Jan 1913)
:      Myrtle Lee Southard
(1884 Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA - 19 Mar 1983 Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA)
:      :     └─Laura Mae Coffman
(1 Nov 1910 Kentucky, USA - 22 Apr 1979 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA)
:      +
Florence Hardin
(1885 Kentucky, USA - 6 Apr 1961 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
     └─DeCosta 'Quay' Coffman, Sr
(3 Oct 1907 Kentucky, USA - 31 Mar 1980 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
      Pauline Pheifer
(18 Aug 1913 Daviess County, Kentucky, USA - 4 Jun 1972 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─DeCosta 'Quay' Coffman, Jr
(2 Apr 1935 McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 2 Apr 1954 Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)
           ├─Curtis Lee Coffman
(McLean County, Kentucky, USA;2 Mar 1940 - 2 Mar 1940)
           ├─Curtis Ray Coffman
(5 Aug 1945 Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, USA - 31 May 1946 McLean County, Kentucky, USA)