Stata’s windows

Stata’s interface is quite simple. On the tool bar you can find many of the things you would like to do with Stata. However, in my opinion, the best way to work is with commands. You shall open a do file in order to write and save all your commands. Also, the commands you write box that is in the button are going to appear on the commands column. You can copy and paste them in the do file.

Then on the right the list of variables your data set has will appear. 

The following window is the do file:

You can select the commands you want to make work on your dataset or you can simply press one of the two buttons with a play. There are differences, one will run the do file completely, and the other will only apply the changes on the dataset.