How do I turn my btc from my electrum wallet into cash?

Thanks for yout time,
Regards,
JD

Oh ok, how do i back up my seed?

Forgot to mention, I also went to the 'recieve' button, figuring that the address in the top box was one of the wallets i can use through electrum to store my bitcoins in, i clicked the amount i was expecting to be sent to the address via my paper wallet. It was pending, then it says it was "Paid". And the balance on the address that was in that box (also the top of the electrum address list) it has a balance that is way more than what i thought i sent....did i just sweep my paper wallet into some other address that i cant access too.....?

Thank you all for your answeres and baring with me...Ugh...Ok...So i've swept my paper wallet into one of the many 'addresses' in my electrum wallet. Its saying the amount of bitcoins is 0.0mBTC and (+'amount' unconfirmed). When i click the addresss button and it lists all the addresses electrum set there when i made the wallet, it has the top one with a Balance on it, but when i click on the send button it says the balance is 0.0mBTC +('amount' unconfirmed). I just want to send some bitcoins for a purchase. Can i just call someone to help me out lol... ugh this is getting annoying...I know i didnt know too much before i started using bitcoins, but i didnt think it was this hard to just get some bitcoins and send them where i need them...

Thanks again for any of your time...
Regards,
JD

@ bitbaby

Thanks for your respond, ok so i entered the uncompressed one to the sweep box, and it went through. It popped up "Transaction" and gave me the options to copy it, save, broadcast, and close. I checked the electrum wallet i sent it to and it still has no balance. What do i need to do to put my paper wallet value into an electrum wallet??...]

Thanks, JD

I've went to bitaddress.org and have enetered my private key from my paper wallet. I took the compressed Private Key and tried to sweep it into my offline Electrum wallet. It says " No inputs found" ...and nothing happens... Anyone know why?

Thanks for your time, regards,

JD

I am new to everything bitcoin pretty much. I have installed Electrum and thats about as far as I got. I am trying to make a transaction to an address I need to send bitcoins to. My question is, how do I put the BTC from my paper wallet into an electrum wallet and then send those BTC to the address I need to send it to. Anything will help, thanks for your time.

Regards, JD