Funeral Program Templates

Funeral program templates are pre-formatted documents that are used to help you easily create funeral programs or memorial service bulletins. These templates come in a wide range of graphic designs and layouts, and are usually available on the internet and can be downloaded immediately. Funeral program templates may be edited in many different software programs, including Microsoft Word or Publisher, IPages, Adobe Elements and OpenOffice. Prices for funeral programs can range from free to about $50.00 per template, depending design details, color and layout.

The first step is to choose a funeral program template design. Templates come in a wide range of designs and styles including tradition funeral themes such as religious, floral, and landscape as well contemporary styles such as career and occupational themes, as well as and hobby and special interest themes. In addition to selecting a theme, consider your loved one's taste. You may choose a theme based on your loved ones favorite color or flower, or a favorite place, such as the beach, mountain or garden.

Once you've decided on a theme and color, consider the information that you will include in your funeral program. Information commonly included in funeral programs include the order or service (or list of events for the funeral or memorial service), funeral or memorial poems , scriptures, photographs (such as a cover photo or family photo collages), acknowledgments, and a detailed obituary or biography. If you are going to include a several types of information, choose a large template, such as 8 1/2" x 14" tri-fold layout. If you are just including basic information, select a 8 1/2" x 11" bi-fold layout. The 8 1/2" x 11" bi-fold is the easiest layout to work with because it is the most common sized paper (in the US) and is easiest to fold.

Now that you know the design and layout that you want, make sure that you know what sections of the template are editable. Some templates have fully editable editable text, while others only changes to the inner pages. Some templates also allow you to change certain design elements such as text and border colors and sizes.

Once you've selected you template, you can download and begin editing. Before editing you should insure that you have all of the information that you plan to include. After all edits have been made, print out a draft and have someone review it for accuracy. When you are ready to print all of your programs, ensure that you have enough ink on hand. Templates that are very color intensive may used a lot of ink. Also, allocate enough printing and folding time.