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: John Blackburn Moyers
(30 Jan 1792 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 13 Nov 1875 Warren County, Tennessee, USA)
Mother: Mary Snoddy
(15 Jul 1790 Edgecombe, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA - 8 Nov 1861 McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA)
Susannah Jane Myers
(9 Jan 1827 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Sep 1908 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
Andrew Blackwood Billingsley
(1 Feb 1815 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Mar 1889 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
     └─John Trot Billingsley
(4 Jul 1848 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Jun 1924 Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA)
      Martha Josephine Schoolfield
(10 Nov 1849 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Feb 1925 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Andrew Estill Billingsley
(16 Oct 1876 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Jan 1947 Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA)
           │ Daisy (Dolly) Billingsley
(Abt 1881 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Jan 1936 Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA)
           │      ├─Mattie Billingsley
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
           │      ├─Pauline Billingsley
(Abt 1903 Tennessee, USA - )
           │      ├─Martin Irene Billingsley
(26 May 1905 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
           │      ├─Howard Preston Billingsley
(9 Jan 1911 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA - Mar 1987 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA)
           │      │ + Majorie Ruth Lawrence
(7 Mar 1921 Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA - May 1979)
           │      ├─Willa Billingsley
(Abt 1913 New Mexico, USA - )
           │      └─John Billingsley
(Abt 1916 New Mexico, USA - )
           ├─Lena R Billingsley
(1 Oct 1878 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Feb 1972 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ + Thomas Andrew Farmer
(23 Feb 1870 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Nov 1957 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Patrick Henry Billingsley
(11 Nov 1880 Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Apr 1953 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ Abbie Roena Lawson
(7 Dec 1889 Tennessee, USA - 19 Nov 1975 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Lena R Billingsley
(Abt 1910 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
           │      ├─Malcolm Lavern Billingsley
(10 May 1912 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Dec 1965) =>
           │      │ + Ora Lee Wilson
(2 Sep 1913 Tennessee, USA - 6 Feb 1995 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      │ + Freda Ruth Pendergrass
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;28 Jan 1914 - 25 Jul 1957)
           │      ├─Frances Maurine Billingsley
(26 Sep 1919 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Dec 2004 Montgomery County, Ohio, USA)
           ├─Harry Billingsley
(15 Dec 1885 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Mar 1960 Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA)
           └─Thomas S Billingsley
(18 Feb 1891 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Jun 1960 Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA)
            Lois Mabel Hogue
(9 Jun 1896 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Jun 1943 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
            :     ├─James Conway Billingsley
(16 Jun 1914 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Sep 1933 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA)
            :     ├─Josephine V Billingsley
(Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA;25 Dec 1916 - 14 Jun 1978)
            :     │ + Charles Sam Swafford
(4 Jan 1911 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Jul 1987 Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA)
            :     ├─E Christine Billingsley
(29 Jan 1919 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA -             :     │ 6 Jun 2009 Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA)
            :     │ + Virble B Anderson
(23 Dec 1920 - Mar 1987 Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA)
            :     ├─Neal Billingsley
(Abt 1921 Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA - )
            + Laura 'Pauline' Caudill
(6 Dec 1911 Tazewell County, Virginia, USA - 11 Jul 1998 Greenback, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)