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: Jeremiah Bacon
(1774 Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA - 1851 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
Mother: Delilah Pritchett
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Abt 1781 - Jun 1850)
Dicy Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Abt 1808 - 10 Jan 1892)
Nicholas Keefauver
(Aug 1807 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - Sep 1881 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Mary Keefauver
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;11 Dec 1832 - 20 May 1863)
     │ Jesse Bacon
(Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;25 May 1824 - 22 Jun 1895)
     │      ├─Julia Catherine Bacon
(23 Sep 1852 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 17 Mar 1916 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA)
     │      │ + Thomas Chester Garst
(11 Jun 1848 Boones Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 18 Dec 1925 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA)
     │      ├─Nancy J Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;10 Nov 1855 - 4 May 1925)
     │      │ + Seth Smith
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;13 Aug 1849 - 24 Nov 1946)
     │      └─James M Bacon
(23 Sep 1858 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Mar 1911 Leesburg, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │       + Mary Abigail Miller
(22 May 1860 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 31 Mar 1946 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Henry Lee Keefauver
(1 Jul 1835 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 29 Mar 1900 Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + Sarah Jane Walker
(10 Sep 1839 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Jan 1885 Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─George Lynch Keefauver
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;25 Sep 1835 - 19 Dec 1917)
     │ + Lydia Ann Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;29 Aug 1835 - 25 Jul 1889)
     ├─Shelton Keefauver
(18 Oct 1840 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Mar 1914 Boones Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + Edna Emaline Hunt
(4 Mar 1842 Greene County, Tennessee, USA - 31 Aug 1900 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Elizabeth Keefauver
(Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;Abt 1842 - 26 Jul 1867)
     │ + Uriah Hunt Squibb
(18 Dec 1838 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Oct 1895 Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Nancy Jane Keefauver
(Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;1 Jul 1845 - 11 Mar 1923)
     │ + Uriah Hunt Squibb
(18 Dec 1838 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Oct 1895 Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Abraham Keefauver
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;21 Jul 1847 - 6 Feb 1921)
     │ Deborah Bacon
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;10 Sep 1850 - 12 Oct 1914)
     │      ├─James Clinton Keefauver
(7 Jan 1874 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Apr 1932 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Florence Louise Bacon
(18 Oct 1878 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Sep 1950 Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      └─Mary (Molly) Ellen Keefauver
(8 Oct 1881 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Dec 1951 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
     │       + John Siever Martin
(Washington County, Tennessee, USA;30 May 1874 - 8 Oct 1946)
     └─Delila Katherine Keefauver
(1 Jul 1849 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Feb 1930 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
      + Samuel P Martin
(Jun 1845 Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Sep 1902 Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)