Keyboard Shortcuts for Google’s AdWords Editor

Meta: August 12th 2008 // Pay Per Click Management

This post is for pay per click marketers that spend more time in Google’s AdWords Editor than they do on the actual Google AdWords interface/website. Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for AdWords Editor that could help speed up your AdWords Editor processing time. I personally only use about 20 of these (the ones bolded). But, here is a list of all the I could find.

Ctrl+O - Open Account
Ctrl+R - Get Recent Changes

Ctrl+S - Post Changes
Ctrl+A - Select all Items in Data View
Ctrl+Z - Revert Selected Changes
Delete key - Delete Selected Items
Ctrl+C - Copy Selected Items
Ctrl+X - Cut Selected Items
Ctrl+V - Paste Items
Ctrl+Shft+V - Paste Items into selected ad groups
Ctrl+1 - Jump to Keywords tab
Ctrl+2 - Jump to Sites tab
Ctrl+3 - Jump to Negatives tab
Ctrl+4 - Jump to Text Ads tab
Ctrl+5 - Jump to Image Ads tab
Ctrl+6 - Jump to Mobile Ads tab
Ctrl+7 - Jump to Ad Groups tab
Ctrl+8 - Jump to Campaigns tab

Ctrl+K - Add Keyword
Ctrl+Shft+K - Add or Update Multiple Keywords
Ctrl+Alt+K - Delete Multiple Keywords
Ctrl+B - Add Site
Ctrl+Shft+B - Add or Update Multiple Placements
Ctrl+Alt+B - Delete Multiple Placements

Ctrl+L - Add Negative Keyword
Ctrl+Shft+L - Add Multiple Negative Keywords
Ctrl+M - Add Campaign Negative Keyword
Ctrl+Shft+M - Add Multiple Campaign Negative Keywords
Ctrl+Alt+M - Delete Multiple Campaign Negative Keywords
Ctrl+E - Add Campaign Negative Site
Ctrl+Shft+E - Add Multiple Campaign Negative Sites
Ctrl+Alt+E - Delete Multiple Campaign Negative Sites
Ctrl+T - Add Text Ad
Ctrl+Shft+T - Add Multiple Text Ads
Ctrl+Alt+T - Delete Multiple Text Ads
Ctrl+I - Add Image Ad
Ctrl+Shft+I - Add Multiple Image Ads
Ctrl+J - Add Mobile Ad
Ctrl+Shft+J - Add Multiple Mobile Ads
Ctrl+Alt+J - Delete Multiple Mobile Ads
Ctrl+G - Add Ad Group
Ctrl+Shft+G - Add or Update Multiple Ad Groups
Ctrl+N - Add Keyword-targeted Campaign
Ctrl+Shft+N - Add Site-Targeted Campaign
Ctrl+D - Add Draft Keyword-targeted Campaign
Ctrl+Shft+D - Add Draft Site-targeted Campaign
Ctrl+W - Exit AdWords Editor

If you know of any shortcuts that I missed, please comment them.

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Comments About Keyboard Shortcuts for Google’s AdWords Editor

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  1. fornetti // August 31st 2008

    I do not believe this

  2. admin // September 01st 2008

    what don’t you believe fornetti?

  3. lautlewed // October 10th 2008

    Hi!
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