Keyword Assistant

The search keyword tool for professional webmasters and Internet marketers

Keyword Assistant Support Page

Contents:

Uses for this product

   At-a-glance high-level list of tasks you can achieve with the Abacus Keyword Assistant.

About the Abacus Keyword Assistant

   What can it do for your business?

Typical tasks

   Detailed hands-on walk-through of common tasks you'll want to achieve, keystroke by keystroke, and with corresponding mouse operations.

Keyboard shortcuts

   Summary of all keyboard shortcuts for maximum speed and efficiency in your keyword list work.

Miscellaneous

   Additional features and benefits of the Abacus Keyword Assistant.
Uses for this product: —  Operating Google Adwords or other advertising campaigns efficiently.
  —  Creating large keyword lists automatically from a few key words.
  —  Creating keyword lists from automatically generated files.
  —  Editing and refining large keyword lists quickly.
  —  Creating content for web page <keywords> metatags.
  —  Converting single-line name & address lists to multi-line.
  —  Converting multi-line name & address lists to single lines.
  —  Changing all the filenames in a folder.
  —  Changing text in all the files in a folder.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
About the Abacus Keyword Assistant — What can it do for your business?
     
Takes the tedium out of the important task of formatting keywords optimally, thus lightening the burden of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Google AdWords campaigns, keywords metatags, etc.   Built-in links to tools for keyword suggestions, keyword collection and keyword statistics, and to campaign administration pages for Google AdWords pay-per-click advertising, MSN search advertising and Yahoo! search marketing.
Tailors your Google AdWords Ad Groups and ad variations more precisely than any other tool, and fine-tunes them for optimum performance, thus maximizing your targeted visitors and minimizing your cost per click.   Instant access to a knowledge base for Internet marketing, PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising and web site SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). The Abacus Keyword Assistant is a one-stop tool for increasing web site traffic and your knowledge of Internet marketing.
Customers and affiliates can have free advertising of their products and services from the Keyword Assistant software program's user interface. Details
The user interface of the Abacus Keyword Assistant has been designed by an HCI expert for intuitive usability.   The Abacus Keyword Assistant conforms to the legal requirement for software to be accessible to people with disabilities.
As well as being flexible, the Abacus Keyword Assistant has built-in intelligence. It does not just remove and add characters rigidly. It senses your probable desired result from your actions, and formats your text accordingly.   For example, it's unlikely that you'll want a comma at the end of a paragraph followed by a blank line. So, it doesn't add one, even if you've added commas to other line ends. Try these typical tasks, and see the results...
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical tasks   Mouse click operations are shown in ( ) parentheses and alternative short-cut keystroke combinations in < > angle brackets.
Maximize browser window to see images at full size, otherwise distortion may occur.
 
Typical task 1:
(Watch the video!)		   Create a Google Adwords Ad Group from a few key words by combining them into new phrases.
Step 1 (see image)   Open the 'List Combiner' form: (Click 'Edit' tab) <Ctrl>+<I>. (Click 'Combine' option) <Alt>+<I>+<I>. (Click 'List Combiner' in "Use the List Combiner to create new words/phrases") <Tab>, <Enter>.
Step 2 (see image)   Type words or phrases appropriate for your business in the list feed boxes. <Tab> from each list feed box to each 'Include' checkbox; <Space> marks/unmarks the 'Include' checkbox. Marking or unmarking an 'Include' checkbox produces different result lists. Experiment to get the desired results.
Step 3 (see image)   Combine the words or phrases in the list feed boxes into a single list: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. The results list appears in 'Combined phrases'.
Step 4 (see image)   Select and delete any unsuitable combined phrases.
Step 5 (see image)   Copy entire results list to 'Text after processing' in the Keyword Assistant: (Click 'Text after processing' option) <Alt>+<G>; (Click 'Copy') <Alt>+<C>.
Step 6 (see image)   Return to the Keyword Assistant: (Click 'Keyword Assistant') <Alt>+<K>.
Step 7 (see image)   Transfer all text to 'Text to be processed': (Click '<< Transfer') <Alt>+<T>. Select the 'Replace' option: (Click 'Replace') <Alt>+<R>.
Step 8 (see image)   Type a word/phrase to be replaced in the upper textbox. <Tab> to the lower textbox and type its replacement text. (Click the 'Append' checkbox for 'Text after processing') <Alt>+<A>. Newly processed text will be appended to text already in 'Text after processing' instead of replacing it.
Tip:
   Because the <Tab> key moves the focus to the next control on the form, you cannot use it to to type the <Tab> character in the textbox. You must paste the <Tab> character into the textbox after copying it to the Windows Clipboard.
Step 9 (see image)   Replace the specified text in 'Text to be processed' and append it to the text in 'Text after processing': (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. The entire list in 'Text to be processed' is appended to the text in 'Text after processing'. All the lines in the appended list containing the word/phrase to be replaced now contain the replacement word/phrase.
Taking task 1 further:
(Watch the video!)		   Create new phrases by forming the plural of singular words.
Step 10 (see image)   Transfer all text to 'Text to be processed': (Click '<< Transfer') <Alt>+<T>. Select the 'Pluralize' option: (Click 'Pluralize') <Alt>+<Z>. Type a word/phrase to be replaced in the upper textbox. <Tab> to the lower textbox and type its replacement. Process the operation: ('Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. Unlike 'Replace', which only replaces text, 'Pluralize' seeks the lines containing the word/phrase to be replaced, and slots the new lines containing the replacement word/phrase into order next to the original lines.
Tip:
   To form plurals of all words quickly and add them to the list, select 'Pluralize' and type only a Line-Feed <Enter> into the upper textbox. <Tab> to the lower textbox and type the letter "s" followed by a Line-Feed <Enter>. Click 'Process >>'. Then, if any of the plural words ending in "s" is misspelled, use the 'Replace' option to coorect them.
Going further still:
(Watch the video!)		   Grouping for the Google AdWords pay-per-click advertising campaign. (One of the most valuable functions of the Abacus Keyword Assistant for creating Google AdWords Ad Groups quickly.)
Step 11 (see image)   Transfer all text to 'Text to be processed': (Click '<< Transfer') <Alt>+<T>. Select the 'Group by' option: (Click 'Group by') <Alt>+<Y>. Type words/phrases for the Ad Groups in the upper textbox. Unmark the 'Append' checkbox for 'Text after processing' if it is still marked: (Click the 'Append' checkbox for 'Text after processing') <Alt>+<A>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. The list is now grouped according to the words/phrases typed in the upper textbox. The order and number of words/phrases to group by affect the results list if the 'Duplicates' checkbox is marked to suppress duplicates. Unmark the 'Duplicates' checkbox to get all the keyword phrases for each group.
Refine even more:
(Watch the video!)		   Tight grouping for finely targeted ad campaigns.
Step 12 (see image)   Select 'Selected text' for 'Text after processing': (Click 'Selected text' for 'Text after processing') <Alt>+<E>). Select the already grouped lines you want to refine as a more tightly targeted Ad Group.
Step 13 (see image)   Select 'Work area' as the 'Copy to' destination: (Click 'Work area') <Tab> <Tab> <Tab> <Down arrow>. Copy the selected text to the Manual Work Area: (Click 'Copy to') <Alt>+<C>.
Step 14 (see image)   Open the 'Manual Work Area' form: (Click 'Manual work area') <Alt>+<W>.
Step 15 (see image)   If you have a complex campaign, you can build several groups at once by leaving the 'Append' checkbox marked in the Manual Work Area, selecting more text in the Keyword Assistant, and clicking ('Copy to') <Alt>+<C>. Alternatively, you can save each Ad Group to a file, and leave the 'Append' checkbox unmarked. Then your selected text will replace the contents of the Manual Work Area each time.
Printing   For a hard-copy record of your ad campaigns, you can print the text in any of the textboxes in the Abacus Keyword Assistant.
Go to the SALES page
  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 2: Create a Google Adwords Ad Group from a few key words by mixing them into new phrases.
Step 1 (see image)   Select the 'Edit' tab: (Click 'Edit' tab) <Ctrl>+<I>. Select the 'Shuffle' option: (Click 'Shuffle') <Alt>+<H>. Type key words in the upper textbox.
Step 2 (see image)   Prepare the operation: (Click '<< Prepare') <Alt>+<P>. All permutations of the words appear in 'Text to be processed'.
Step 3 (see image)   Select the 'None' option: (Click 'None') <Alt>+<O>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. The same list appears temporarily in 'Text after processing'.
Step 4 (see image)   Select the 'Replace' option: (Click 'Replace') <Alt>+<R>. Select all text in the upper textbox: (Click+drag over all text in the upper textbox) <Ctrl>+<A>. Type a word/phrase to be replaced in the upper textbox. <Tab> to the lower textbox and type its replacement. Mark the 'Append' checkbox for 'Text after processing': (Click the 'Append' checkbox for 'Text after processing') <Alt>+<A>.
Tip:
   Because the <Tab> key moves the focus to the next control on the form, you cannot use it to to type the <Tab> character in the textbox. You must paste the <Tab> character into the textbox after copying it to the Windows Clipboard.
Step 5 (see image)   Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. The entire list in 'Text to be processed' is appended to the text in 'Text after processing'. All the lines in the appended list containing the word/phrase to be replaced now contain the replacement word/phrase.
Step 6 (see image)   Transfer all text to 'Text to be processed', ready to format, for example, as from Task 3 Step 4: (Click '<< Transfer') <Alt>+<T>. In addition, you can save the 'Text after processing' to a file: (Click 'Save' for 'Text after processing') <Ctrl>+<S>.
Go to the SALES page
  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 3: Create a Google Adwords Ad Group, using a keyword list for "broad match", "phrase match" and "exact match", to achieve maximum searchability.
Step 1 (see image)   Use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to get keyword ideas and generate a list.
Step 2 (see image)   Edit the list as needed. Copy & paste the list into 'Text to be processed'. Or open a previously saved file (Click menu item 'File > Open') <Ctrl>+<O>.
Step 3 (see image)   Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. The same list appears temporarily in 'Text after processing'.
Step 4 (see image)   Surround each line in 'Text to be processed' by Quotes, while preserving the line breaks, and append them to the original list currently in 'Text after processing': (Click the 'New lines' option in the 'Remove' section of the 'Format' tab) <Alt>+<R>, <Down> arrow, and (click the 'Line breaks' checkbox to mark it) <Alt>+<L>; (Click the 'Append' checkbox for 'Text after processing') <Alt>+<A>, and (click the 'Add Quotes' checkbox to mark it) <Alt>+<Q>; Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. Each line is surrounded by Quotes, while preserving the line breaks, and is appended to the original list.
Step 5 (see image)   Do the same for the Brackets: (Click the 'Add Brackets' checkbox) <Alt>+<B>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. Each line is surrounded by Brackets, while preserving the line breaks, and is appended to the growing list.
Step 6 (see image)   Copy the text in 'Text after processing' to the Clipboard: (Click the 'Clipboard' option to select it), and (click 'Copy to') <Alt>+<C>. Paste the formatted keyword list into your Google Adwords Ad Group. Repeat these steps for other Ad Groups.
Refine even more:   Setting various CPCs and destination URLs for keywords in finely tuned ad campaigns. (Another valuable function, unique to the Abacus Keyword Assistant, which saves countless hours of tedium.)
Steps 1 & 2   As above in task 3.
Step 3 (see image)   Click the 'Bid' tab: <Ctrl>+<B>. Type the URL where the destination files are/will be located into 'Domain URL'. If "http" is missing, "http://" will be added automatically. <Tab> to each textbox, and type the amount (without currency symbol) of your maximum bid for each type of match and for the number of words in phrases. Competition is less for more precise matches and for longer keyword phrases; so, lower bids could be used. Clear the checkboxes of the criteria to be ignored in the resulting list. Ensure that the file extension of the destination files is correct in 'File extension'.
Step 4 (see image)   Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. A list of file URLs appears in 'Text after processing'. The amounts for 'Match type' and 'Keyword phrase' are added together for each combination. Edit individual amounts here for the very finest tweaking.
Step 5 (see image)   Copy the text in 'Text after processing' to the Clipboard: (Click the 'Clipboard' option to select it), and (click 'Copy to') <Alt>+<C>. Paste the formatted keyword list into your Google Adwords Ad Group.
Step 6 (see image)   Repeat these steps for other Ad Groups. Alternatively, it may be easier, if it is very long, to have your entire campaign list of keyword phrases in 'Text to be processed', and to select the lines to be processed, group by group. If you do this, ensure that 'Text to be processed: Selected text' is marked.
Go to the SALES page
  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 4: Create a <keywords> metatag for a web page.
Step 1 (see image)   Use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to get keyword ideas and generate a list.
Step 2 (see image)   Edit the list as needed. Copy & paste the list into 'Text to be processed'. Or open a previously saved file (Click menu item 'File > Open') <Ctrl>+<O>.
Step 3 (see image)   Create a comma-separated list in 'Text after processing': (Click the 'New lines' option in the 'Remove' section of the 'Format' tab) <Alt>+<R>, <Down> arrow; (Click the 'Commas ,' option in the 'Add' section) <Alt>+<,>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. A comma-separated list appears on a single line in 'Text after processing'.
Step 4   Copy the text in 'Text after processing' to the Clipboard: (Click the 'Clipboard' option to select it), and (click 'Copy to') <Alt>+<C>. Paste the formatted keyword list into your <keywords> metatag. Repeat these steps for other web pages.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 5: Create a multi-line name & address list from a list of single-line names & addresses.
Step 1 (see image)   Paste the comma-separated list from any source, e.g., Yellow Pages, into 'Text to be processed'. Or open a previously saved file (Click menu item 'File > Open') <Ctrl>+<O>.
Step 2 (see image)   (Click the 'Commas ,' option in the 'Remove' section of the 'Format' tab) <Alt>+<R>, <Down> arrow x 2; (Click the 'New lines' option in the 'Add' section) <Alt>+<N>, and (click the 'Line breaks' checkbox to mark it) <Alt>+<L>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. Each part of each address appears on a separate line, while adding an extra line break between each address, in 'Text after processing'.
Step 3   Copy the text in 'Text after processing' to the Clipboard: (Click the 'Clipboard' option to select it), and (click 'Copy to') <Alt>+<C>. Paste the formatted name & address list into your CRM application, or word processor, ready for a mail merge, for example.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 6: Create a list of single-line, comma-separated names & addresses from a multi-line name & address list.
Step 1 (see image)   Paste the multi-line list from any source, e.g., a mail-merge document, spreadsheet or database, into 'Text to be processed'. Or open a previously saved file (Click menu item 'File > Open') <Ctrl>+<O>.
Step 2 (see image)   (Click the 'New lines' option in the 'Remove' section of the 'Format' tab) <Alt>+<R>, <Down> arrow; (Click the 'Commas ,' option in the 'Add' section) <Alt>+<,>. (Click the 'Line breaks' checkbox to mark it) <Alt>+<L>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. Each line, except the last, of each address now ends in a comma in 'Text after processing'.
Step 3 (see image)   Transfer all text to 'Text to be processed', to be ready for further processing: (Click '<< Transfer') <Alt>+<T>.
Step 4 (see image)   (Click the 'Nothing' option in the 'Add' section) <Alt>+<O>. Process the operation: (Click 'Process >>') <Alt>+<P>. Each address appears in a comma-separated list on its own line in 'Text after processing'.
Step 5 (see image)   Add a space after each comma: (Click the '+' button) <Alt>+<+[NumPad]> . A space is added after each comma.
Step 6   Copy the text in 'Text after processing' to the Clipboard: (Click the 'Clipboard' option to select it), and (click 'Copy to') <Alt>+<C>. Paste the formatted name & address list into your word processor, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 7: Create a keyword list from automatically generated files.
Step 1 (see image)   (Click the 'File' tab) <Ctrl>+<L>. Type or paste the full path of the folder where the files to be processed are located into 'File folder to process'. Alternatively, (click 'Browse') <Alt>+<B> to navigate to the folder in a dialog.
Step 2 (see image)   (Click 'Keywords') <Alt>+<K>. A file 'keywords.txt' is created in the same folder. It contains a list of all the filenames in the folder, formatted as keyword phrases.
Step 3 (see image)   Any hyphens in the filenames are replaced by spaces.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 8: Change all the filenames in a folder.
Step 1 (see image)   (Click the 'File' tab) <Ctrl>+<L>. Type or paste the full path of the folder where the files to be processed are located into 'File folder to process'. Alternatively, (click 'Browse') <Alt>+<B> to navigate to the folder in a dialog.
Step 2 (see image)   Specify the character(s) to be changed: Click in the 'Change' textbox <Alt>+<H>. The content of the 'Change' textbox defaults to the space " " character. Edit it, if a different character(s) is desired. Skip this step if the default change of spaces to hyphens is desired.
Step 3 (see image)   Specify the character(s) to be used as the replacement text: <Tab> to the 'to' textbox. The content of the 'to' textbox defaults to the hyphen "-" character. Edit it, if a different character(s) is desired. Skip this step if the default change of spaces to hyphens is desired.
Step 4 (see image)   Effect the change: (Click 'Change') <Alt>+<N>.
(before - after images)   The names of all the files in the specified folder are changed according to the characters you typed in the 'Change' and 'to' textboxes.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Typical task 9: Change text in all the files in a folder.
Step 1 (see image)   (Click the 'File' tab) <Ctrl>+<L>. Type or paste the full path of the folder where the files to be processed are located into 'File folder to process'. Alternatively, (click 'Browse') <Alt>+<B> to navigate to the folder in a dialog.
Step 2 (see image)   Specify the character(s) to be replaced: Click in the 'Text to be replaced' textbox <Alt>+<T>. Type or paste the text to be replaced in the files.
Step 3 (see image)   Specify the character(s) to be used as the replacement text: <Tab> to ('Replacement text'). Type or paste the replacement text.
Step 4 (see image)   Effect the replacements: (Click 'Replace') <Alt>+<R>.
(before - after images)   All occurrences of the text in all the files in the specified folder are replaced according to the text you typed in the 'Text to be replaced' and 'Replacement text' textboxes.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Keyboard shortcuts:
 (note the underlined character)		 Every operation can be done by keystrokes. Not only is it almost always quicker, but there is less chance of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), than when using a mouse. Keyboard shortcuts can be learned very quickly, and are highly recommended over mouse clicking.
 
General operations    
<Tab>   Moves to next control (or control group).
<Shift>+<Tab>   Moves to previous control (or control group).
<Space>   Toggles the switch when a checkbox has the focus.
Arrow keys   Move through a group of option buttons.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Menu shortcuts    
<Alt> or <F10>   Highlights first item of main menu. Use arrow keys or underlined character keys to choose sub-menu items.
<Ctrl>+<O>   Opens an existing file in 'Text to be processed'.
<Ctrl>+<S>   Saves the contents of 'Text after processing' to a new or existing file.
<Ctrl>+<P>   Sends the contents of 'Text after processing' to a printer.
<Ctrl>+<Z> Undoes / redoes the last manual text change in any text box containing the insertion pointer.
<Ctrl>+<X> Cuts selected text in any text box to the clipboard, ready for pasting elsewhere.
<Ctrl>+<C>   Copies selected text in any text box to the clipboard, ready for pasting elsewhere.
<Ctrl>+<V>   Pastes the contents of the clipboard into any text box at the location of the flashing insertion pointer.
<Ctrl>+<A> Selects all text in any text box containing the insertion pointer.
<F1>   Opens this on-line Help page.
<F3>   Opens the Hints window, which contains helpful advice to improve efficiency in Keyword Assistant operations.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Global shortcuts    
<Alt>+<D> Moves the focus to 'Text to be processed', if the focus is elsewhere on the form.
<Alt>+<G>   Moves the focus to 'Text after processing', if the focus is elsewhere on the form.
<Alt>+<E>   Toggles 'Text to be processed: Selected text' switch. (Only selected text is processed; unselected text remains intact. If no text is selected, the switch is irrelevant, and all the text is processed.)
<Alt>+<E>   Toggles 'Text after processing: Selected text' switch. (Only selected text is copied when 'Copy to:' is clicked; unselected text is not copied. If no text is selected, the switch is irrelevant, and all the text is copied.)
<Alt>+<A>   Toggles the 'Append' switches in turn. (Appends text sent to the respective textbox, instead of replacing it.)
<Alt>+<M>   Selects '+ Comma'. (Appends with a comma, instead of with a new line.)
<Alt>+<P>   'Process >>'. Processes selected or all text. (Or '<< Prepare', if 'Shuffle' is selected.)
<Alt>+<T>   '<< Transfer'. Transfers processed text back to 'Text to be processed', ready for further processing.
<Alt>+<C>   'Copy'. Copies processed text to selected destination.
<Alt>+<U>   'Undo'. Undoes the last automatic operation in 'Text to be processed' and/or 'Text after processing'. (Use <Ctrl>+<Z> to undo / redo any manual operation.)
<Alt>+<W>   Opens the 'Manual Work Area' form. This is a text area which can be used as a notepad for any purpose, e.g., building a final keyword list gradually, manual amendments to text, "to do" list or aide-memoire, etc. Text can be copied to here from the Keyword Assistant, the List Combiner, the Clipboard Ring and the Manual Work Area itself. Any text in the Manual Work Area is safe from being overwritten while the Append checkbox is marked.
<Alt>+<X>   'Exit'. Exits the program.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Tab index shortcuts    
<Ctrl>+<I>   Exposes the 'Edit' index tab.
<Ctrl>+<F> Exposes the 'Format' index tab.
<Ctrl>+<B>   Exposes the 'Bid' index tab.
<Ctrl>+<L>   Exposes the 'File' index tab.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
'Format' tab shortcuts    
<Alt>+<R>   Moves to the 'Remove' control group. (Then use <Up> or <Down> arrow keys.)
<Alt>+<N>   Selects 'Add New lines'.
<Alt>+<,>   Selects 'Add Commas ,'.
<Alt>+<Q>   Selects 'Add Quotes " "'. (For Google Adwords "phrase match" keywords.)
<Alt>+<B>   Selects 'Add Brackets [ ]'. (For Google Adwords [exact match] keywords.)
<Alt>+<S>   Selects 'Add Spaces'. (Useful for single-line keyword lists.)
<Alt>+<O>   Selects 'Add Nothing'.
<Alt>+<L>   Toggles 'Line breaks' switch. (Preserves line ends or doubles existing line breaks.)
<Alt>+<+(NumPad)>   Adds a space after commas. (Useful for single-line names & addresses.)
<Alt>+<–(NumPad)>   Removes a space after commas. (Useful for single-line keyword phrase lists.)
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
'Edit' tab shortcuts    
<Alt>+<I>   Selects 'Find'. (Displays all lines containing the word / phrase typed in the upper textbox.)
<Alt>+<R>   Selects 'Replace'. (Displays all lines from 'Text to be processed', replacing all occurrences of the word / phrase typed in the upper textbox with the word / phrase typed in the lower textbox.)
Tip:
   Because the <Tab> key moves the focus to the next control on the form, you cannot use it to to type the <Tab> character in the textbox. You must paste the <Tab> character into the textbox after copying it to the Windows Clipboard.
<Alt>+<N>   Selects 'Prepend'. (Displays all lines from 'Text to be processed', prepending to all occurrences of the word / phrase typed in the upper textbox the word / phrase typed in the lower textbox. If the upper textbox is empty, the word / phrase typed in the lower textbox is prepended to all lines from 'Text to be processed'.)
<Alt>+<N>   Selects 'Append'. (Displays all lines from 'Text to be processed', appending to all occurrences of the word / phrase typed in the upper textbox the word / phrase typed in the lower textbox.) If the upper textbox is empty, the word / phrase typed in the lower textbox is appended to all lines from 'Text to be processed'.)
<Alt>+<I>   Selects 'Combine'. (Exposes the link which opens the 'List Combiner' form, which combines word / phrase lists into a structured list of sequential permutations.)
<Alt>+<Z>   Selects 'Pluralize'. (Displays all lines from 'Text to be processed', adding a new line immediately below each occurrence of a line containing the word / phrase in the upper textbox, substituting the word / phrase typed in the lower textbox. Useful for substituting any text, not just plurals of words.)
<Alt>+<H>   Selects 'Shuffle'. (Creates all possible order permutations of up to four words typed in the upper textbox. The list appears in 'Text to be processed', ready for further processing.)
<Alt>+<B>   Selects 'Numbers'. (Removes all numbers.)
<Alt>+<L>   Selects 'Delete'. (Deletes all lines containing the word / phrase typed in the upper textbox.)
<Alt>+<O>   Selects 'None'. (No operation. Used in the following circumstances: 1. Removes duplicate lines if 'Duplicates' checkbox is marked. 2. Clears 'Text after processing' if 'Duplicates' checkbox is unmarked. 3. Appends the contents of 'Text to be processed' if the 'Text after processing' 'Append' checkbox is marked. This is useful for appending the contents of a second text file opened in 'Text to be processed'.)
<Alt>+<S>   Selects 'Sort'. (Displays lines containing the word / phrase typed in the upper textbox, sorted in ascending alphabetical order. If there is no word / phrase, all lines are sorted.)
<Alt>+<Y>   Selects 'Group by'. (Displays lines containing the words / phrases typed in the upper textbox, grouped by the word / phrase in each line of the upper textbox. Unmark 'Duplicates' checkbox, to get all the lines for each group; otherwise the first group will be complete, but subsequent groups may not.)
<Alt>+<->   Toggles 'Duplicates' switch. (Unmark the checkbox to allow duplicate lines in 'Text after processing'; mark to suppress duplicates.)
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
'Bid' tab shortcuts    
<Alt>+<D>   Moves the focus to 'Domain URL'.
<Alt>+<B>   Toggles 'Broad match' switch. (Unmark the checkbox to exclude bids for broad match keyword phrases.)
<Alt>+<1>   Toggles '1 word' switch. (Mark the checkbox to add an amount for single keywords to the match type bids.)
<Alt>+<2>   Toggles '2 words' switch. (Mark the checkbox to add an amount for 2-word keyword phrases to the match type bids.)
<Alt>+<3>   Toggles '3 words' switch. (Mark the checkbox to add an amount for 3-word keyword phrases to the match type bids.)
<Alt>+<4>   Toggles '4+ words' switch. (Mark the checkbox to add an amount for keyword phrases containing 4 words or more to the match type bids.)
<Alt>+<F>   Moves the focus to 'File extension'.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
'File' tab shortcuts    
<Alt>+<F>   Moves the focus to 'File folder to process'.
<Alt>+<B>   'Browse'. Opens the 'Browse For Folder' dialog.
<Alt>+<K>   'Keywords'. Creates 'keywords.txt' file, containing keyword phrases formed from the names of all the files in the specified folder.
<Alt>+<H>   Moves the focus to 'Change'.
<Alt>+<O>   Moves the focus to 'to'.
<Alt>+<N>   'Change'. Changes the specified character(s) in the names of all the files in the specified folder.
<Alt>+<T>   Moves the focus to 'Text to be replaced'.
<Alt>+<P>   Moves the focus to 'Replacement text'.
<Alt>+<R>   'Replace'. Replaces the specified text globally in the text of all the files in the specified folder.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
List Combiner shortcuts    
<Alt>+<H>   Moves the focus to the first list feed box for 'Phrases to be combined'.
<Alt>+<I>   Moves the focus to the 'Combined phrases' results box.
<Alt>+<1>   Toggles '1 - Include' switch. (Mark the checkbox to include in the combined results list all the lines in the first list feed box.)
<Alt>+<2>   Toggles '2 - Include' switch. (Mark the checkbox to include in the combined results list all the lines in the second list feed box.)
<Alt>+<3>   Toggles '3 - Include' switch. (Mark the checkbox to include in the combined results list all the lines in the third list feed box.)
<Alt>+<4>   Toggles '4 - Include' switch. (Mark the checkbox to include in the combined results list all the lines in the fourth list feed box.)
<Alt>+<P>   'Process >>'. Combines into a single list all the lines in each list feed box whose 'Include' checkbox is marked.
<Alt>+<N>   Moves the focus to the Manual Work Area 'notepad'.
<Alt>+<C>   'Copy'. Copies text to the chosen destination.
<Alt>+<E>   Toggles 'Selected text' switch. (Only selected text is copied to the chosen destination.)
<Alt>+<B>   Selects the 'Clipboard' as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<A>   Selects the Manual 'Work area' as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<D>   Selects 'Text to be processed' in the Keyword Assistant main window as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<G>   Selects 'Text after processing' in the Keyword Assistant main window as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<K>   Opens the 'Keyword Assistant' main window.
<Alt>+<W>   Opens the 'Manual Work Area' form. This is a text area which can be used as a notepad for any purpose, e.g., building a final keyword list gradually, manual amendments to text, "to do" list or aide-memoire, etc. Text can be copied to here from the Keyword Assistant, the List Combiner, the Clipboard Ring and the Manual Work Area itself. Any text in the Manual Work Area is safe from being overwritten while the Append checkbox is marked.
<Alt>+<X>   'Exit'. Closes the List Combiner window.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Manual Work Area shortcuts    
<Alt>+<N>   Moves the focus to the Manual Work Area 'notepad'.
<Alt>+<C>   'Copy'. Copies text to the chosen destination.
<Alt>+<E>   Toggles 'Selected text' switch. (Only selected text is copied to the chosen destination.)
<Alt>+<B>   Selects the 'Clipboard' as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<W>   Selects the Manual 'Work Area' itself as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<D>   Selects 'Text to be processed' in the Keyword Assistant main window as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<G>   Selects 'Text after processing' in the Keyword Assistant main window as the destination for copied text.
<Alt>+<A>   Selects 'Append'. (Appends copied text to the Manual Work Area, instead of replacing it.)
<Alt>+<M>   Selects 'Comma'. (Appends text with a comma, instead of with a new line.)
<Alt>+<U>   'Undo'. Undoes the last automatic operation in the Manual Work Area. (Use <Ctrl>+<Z> to undo / redo any manual operation.)
<Alt>+<K>   Opens the 'Keyword Assistant' main window.
<Alt>+<X>   'Exit'. Closes the Manual Work Area window.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Clipboard Ring shortcuts   Use the Clipboard Ring as temporary safe storage for any item that you may need later. (Available in version 1.1 on 01 January 2009)
<Del>   Deletes all the selected lines in the list. A warning is displayed before the deletion.
<Alt>+<U>   'U'. Moves selected item up one position in the list.
<Alt>+<D>   'D'. Moves selected item down one position in the list.
<Alt>+<K>   Opens the 'Keyword Assistant' main window.
<Alt>+<W>   Opens the 'Manual Work Area' form. This is a text area which can be used as a notepad for any purpose, e.g., building a final keyword list gradually, manual amendments to text, "to do" list or aide-memoire, etc. Text can be copied to here from the Keyword Assistant, the List Combiner, the Clipboard Ring and the Manual Work Area itself. Any text in the Manual Work Area is safe from being overwritten while the Append checkbox is marked.
<Alt>+<X>   'Exit'. Closes the Clipboard Ring window. All data in temporary storage is lost.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
     
Miscellaneous   'Keyword Pad' button. Opens an external program, not written by Abacus Data Systems. It is included with the Keyword Assistant to perform some useful functions, such as removing unwanted leading/trailing spaces, creating misspelled words, converting text to lower/upper/capital case, highlighting, etc. The inclusion of this program not only relieves Abacus of extra programming effort, but it gives users the opportunity to compare the quality of an Abacus product with that of another company's. Of all similar products available — and there are surprisingly few — the Abacus Keyword Assistant is the only search keyword tool (we know of) that processes free text. Others process lists of uneditable lines. Although such lists make the programmer's job much easier, they reduce the flexibility for word/phrase manipulation from a user's viewpoint. This is one of many reasons why the Abacus Keyword Assistant is special, and favoured by professionals.
Go to the SALES page  
Still need more help? Get one-to-one Keyword Assistant task walkthroughs by telephone.
Need to set up a PPC campaign? Try Abacus pay per click advertising management services.
Suggest enhancements for this product — Suggest a new product for development — Need more help?
Copyright © Abacus Data Systems :: All rights reserved