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A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

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Anyone trying to optimize their AdWords account undoubtedly spends a large amount of time looking at spreadsheets and generating Excel charts for slide decks. Using AdWords scripts to automatically ...