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: Jacob Wingfield
(1787 Bethania, Surry County, North Carolina, USA - 6 Oct 1877 Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
Mother: Sarah B Haines
(21 Jun 1789 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA - 1830 Sangamon County, Illinois, USA)
     │      │ + Richmond L Canter
(May 1866 Tennessee, USA - 12 Jan 1925 Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      ├─James William Wingfield
(3 Aug 1867 Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 18 Oct 1957 Pike City, Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │ Ada Belle Calhoun
(16 Apr 1872 Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA - 11 Jun 1966 Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Wiley Thomas Wingfield
(29 Apr 1888 Piney Grove, Pike County, Arkansas, USA - 5 Jan 1968 Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Flora Ann Hendrix
(21 Jun 1895 Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 25 Jun 1971 Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─Lula 'Katherine' Wingfield
(20 Sep 1890 Piney Grove, Pike County, Arkansas, USA -      │      │      │ 14 Sep 1983 Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas, USA) =>
     │      │      │ + Owen Benson Hendrix
(8 Oct 1881 Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 3 Jun 1955 Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      ├─James Bert Wingfield
(2 May 1901 Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA - 15 Jul 1990) =>
     │      │      │ + Eva Lois Hammons
(13 Jun 1902 Arkansas, USA - 11 Feb 1978 Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │      └─Clyde Albert Wingfield
(2 May 1907 Pike County, Arkansas, USA - 22 Jun 2001 Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA) =>
     │      │       + Mattie Margurette Morris
(11 Jul 1911 Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 17 Sep 1994 Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      ├─Leona Wingfield
(Abt 1869 Pike County, Arkansas, USA - )
     │      ├─Mary Alice Wingfield
(Mar 1871 Arkansas, USA - 28 Jul 1956 Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      │ + John B Canter
(May 1868 Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 10 Nov 1938 Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      ├─Joel Thomas Wingfield
(22 Oct 1873 Arkansas, USA - 1958)
     │      │ + Martha Adeline Spears
(1877 Arkansas, USA - 1940 Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │      └─Lula M Wingfield
(Pike County, Arkansas, USA;14 Sep 1875 - 10 Dec 1904)
     │       + Richmond L Canter
(May 1866 Tennessee, USA - 12 Jan 1925 Pike County, Arkansas, USA)
     │ + Julia Ann Culp
(9 Oct 1855 Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Apr 1905 Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
     ├─Joseph M Wingfield
(31 Jan 1853 South Fork, Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 5 May 1897 Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
     │ + Sarah Coleman
(Abt 1859 Arkansas, USA - )
     │ + Sarah Coleman Randle
(Jul 1858 Clark County, Arkansas, USA - )
     ├─James Sloan Wingfield, Jr
(Clark County, Arkansas, USA;4 Feb 1856 - 11 Jan 1931)
     │ + Frances C (Fannie) Hammett
(14 Apr 1859 Mississippi, USA - 21 Jul 1880 Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
     │ + Nancy Elizabeth (Bessie) Clark
(30 Jul 1866 Winston County, Mississippi, USA -      │ 1 Jan 1949 Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
     ├─William M Wingfield
(May 1860 South Fork, Clark County, Arkansas, USA - Abt 1903 Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
     │ + Amanda Meadows
(Abt 1862 Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA - Bef 1900 Clark County, Arkansas, USA)
     └─Samuel H Wingfield
(Abt 1865 South Fork, Clark County, Arkansas, USA - 14 Aug 1875)