Keyboard Shortcuts for Google’s AdWords Editor

Posted by on Aug 12, 2008 in Blog, Miscellaneous SEO & Marketing, Other Online Marketing | 5 comments

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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