Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual page 522

508 Chapter 46:
Merging Text and Numbers
Note: The ampersand is the default character used as a placeholder for the merge text file lines.
The Options tab in the Repeats/Merge dialog box allows you to substitute another character for
the ampersand if you wish.
3 On the Text Merge tab click Create File to open Notepad where you can create an
ASCII text file containing merge data.
4 Enter a number on the top line which specifies how many records there are in the file.
5 Enter the text. Each line in a record corresponds to one of the line numbers that follow
the ampersand (&) placeholder in Composer. If there is no information for one of the
lines of a record, leave that line blank by entering a carriage return.
6 After typing the last line enter a carriage return and save the file as a TXT file.
Note: Do not include tabs when creating merge text. If tabs are included in the lines of text or
in empty lines at the end of the file, the merge will not function correctly. Composer displays
the error message, "Substituted character illegal" when tabs exist in empty lines at the end of
the merge text file. To correct the error, remove all tabs from the merge text file.
Tip: You can change the records in a merge file by using the Edit File command in the Text
Merge tab.
7 Select the merge (TXT) file using the Select File button on the Text Merge tab.