Tom
When you start BWS for the first time, it asks you what type of game you want to modify (example:
BGT,
BG1,
BG2. The next time you start BWS, it skips that question because it remembers your previous answer. But in the lower left corner you will see a "Back" button. Go back and make sure that in the menu your game type is
BGT. Then go to the next screen (bottom right corner button).
You should now see in the upper left part of the screen some text boxes with paths to your
BG1 and
BG2 game folders. Below that you should see a selection menu and a button to "choose mods and components." Scroll the menu to "BWS Recommended" and click that button.
You should now see a new window with a list of themes like "General" and "Corrections" and "
BG2 Rules and Tweaks and Spells". If you click on the square icon next to any of these themes, BWS will show a list of mods that fit that theme. Then you can click the square icon next to a particular mod to see the components of the mod. Now you can click on the square checkbox for each component to enable or disable it.
When you are satisfied with your selections, you can use the menu at the top of the window to export your selections to a file so you can get them back easily in the future. BWS will automatically remember your most recent selection if you close and reopen the program, but it is a good idea to export your selections to a file because if you pick a different pre-selection from the menu on the main screen (where you were before, with the path to
BG folder), it will forget all of your manual selections.
Once you are satisfied, click the next button on the lower right to save your choices and go back to the main screen again. BWS will check if any of the mods or components you selected are in conflict with others or are missing dependencies, and if yes, you will be shown a list of problems and asked what you want to do. You can right-click on each of the problematic components to choose a solution (for example, "remove this component").
Finally, you are back at the main screen and BWS knows what mods and components you want to install. Now click "next" again on the bottom right, to proceed to the installation settings page.
On the installation settings page, you can tell BWS what to do at each step of the automated process: download, extract, install. The questions that BWS is asking here are: do you want to pause after each step, and what do you want BWS to do if there are problems?
Now you can click "next" again to start the automated process (beginning with the first step, download all selected mods).