Thank you especially to nc501c who finally explained that the linked tutorials for electrum are outdated and tab names and steps have been changed for some reason. Makes me wonder if few people check the tutorials, does anyone actually check the code of electrum?
I had one additional question if someone could please help another gen x who is even less computer capable. What if I want to use the “signing offline with electrum” method but want to send from one paper wallet to multiple new addresses at once? When I follow the linked tutorials, electrum seems to only allow me to send from one wallet to one wallet.
For that either tick the "
Pay to many" option in the settings icon (

) on the upper-right hand side of Send tab.
Or directly add a comma and the amount after the address in the "
pay to" field.
Either method enables 'pay to many'.
To add another recipient, press enter to go to the next line and paste another recipient plus amount there.
You can set a "!" amount to indicated "
Max" amount which will send all the remaining btc using that address, useful if you want to manually set a change address.
Example 'pay to' field:
3EM5TAwnxbU3aaaaya33AtcP7Lx7sRVSw,0.01
3D1rHoufFAjr3WoaaaaacEfjwpfSDUt51u,0.02
3QRp6R5o3wR6yaaaaYdQezZaAfeU9688V,0.03
356QS6EHHsjGaaaaaHN5faEkq5rJuFyZm4,!