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title: "Manage the motion capture workflow in the Tools pane"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Nexus218/406487579/Manage%20the%20motion%20capture%20workflow%20in%20the%20Tools%20pane"
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At the top of the **Tools** pane, click the buttons for tools relating to the stage in the workflow that you want to display. The buttons are displayed in the order of a typical Nexus workflow (from left to right) and are enabled appropriately, depending on whether you are in Live or Offline mode (the following image is in Live mode).

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 **System Preparation**: Prepare your Vicon system for motion capture.

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 **Subject Preparation**: Prepare subjects whose motion is to be captured.

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 **Capture**: Collect motion data.

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 **Label/Edit**: Label and fill any gaps in trial data.

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 **Pipeline**: Create and manage sequences of operations to process trials.

To find out more about the motion capture workflow, see [Vicon Nexus motion capture workflow](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus218/pages/406487737).