# Reduce To Basic Appearance
The reduce method is for removing all effects and extra strokes and fill from tagged artwork.
To prevent the method being applied to a row, inside the method, leave the tagSearch value blank or set it to "" or use either the generic * property and set the cell value to false or the generic skip property and set the cell value to true.
# Example Spreadsheet
| * | blob | ||
| reduce | skip | comment | |
| tagSearch | * | * | |
| star | All artwork tagged star or blob will be reduced | ||
| star | false | Only the star will be reduced | |
| star | true | Only the blob will be reduced | |
| "" | Only the blob will be reduced, this would work even if a default star tag was provided in the header's tagSearch property cell |
Original Layer Panel
Layer Panel After Applying reduce
Original Artwork
Artwork After Row 1
Artwork after Row 2
Artwork After Rows 3 & 4
# Reduce Properties
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
tagSearch | The tag search of artwork to reduce. |
* | Set to false if you want the method to be skipped in a particular row. Valid Values: true or false |
skip | Set to true is you want the method to be skipped in a particular row. See * and Skip for details. Valid Values: true or false |