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: Christopher Setty
(16 Oct 1828 Rockingham County, Virginia, USA - 12 Mar 1907 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
Mother: Christena Caplinger
(Sep 1830 Highland County, Ohio, USA - 1900 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
Elias Setty
(Adams County, Ohio, USA;28 Sep 1861 - 18 Jul 1923)
Nancy A Paris
(1873 - 13 Apr 1896 Adams County, Ohio, USA)
:     ├─Jesse Virgil Setty
(5 Jan 1893 Mineral Springs, Adams County, Ohio, USA - 16 Feb 1954 Ohio, USA)
:     │      ├─Chester Clyde Setty
(29 Sep 1921 Adams County, Ohio, USA - 18 Sep 1991)
:     │      ├─Cecil Harold Setty
(21 May 1924 Adams County, Ohio, USA - 2 Apr 1926)
:     │      ├─Ruth Pearl Setty
(10 Apr 1926 Rarden, Scioto County, Ohio, USA - 15 May 1988 Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, USA)
:     │      ├─Roy Estel Setty
(13 Jan 1929 Rarden, Scioto County, Ohio, USA - 16 May 1993 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA)
:     │      │ + Tommy Louise Baldwin
(22 Jul 1942 Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA - 7 Feb 1994 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA)
:     │      ├─Ellen Louise Setty
(30 Aug 1932 Rarden, Scioto County, Ohio, USA - 6 Feb 1988 Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, USA)
:     │      │ + Junior A Chrisman
(15 Jun 1923 - 30 Dec 1986)
:     │      └─Jimmy Dale Setty
(8 Jul 1941 Mineral Springs, Adams County, Ohio, USA - 24 Jul 1941 Rarden, Scioto County, Ohio, USA)
:     └─Cora Wilmina (Mina) Setty
(4 Jul 1895 Adams County, Ohio, USA - 14 Apr 1975 Peebles, Adams County, Ohio, USA)