Does a paper wallet that was created need to be activated somehow?

[Phriend]

I recently created a bunch of paper wallets by downloading software and creating some addresses while I was offline.  That said, do I now need to activate these addresses somehow?  (I guess I'm kind of wondering how the exchanges will know that my addresses actually exist if I created them while I was offline).

[Dropcarve]

i think no but to make sure make it activated

[Ivlarshall]

No, no activation needed. You just send a small amount of coins to check if you're not sure.

[OZIOZIOZIO]

No the wallet is created on the blockchain through the blockchain explorer.

[odolvlobo]

I recently created a bunch of paper wallets by downloading software and creating some addresses while I was offline.  That said, do I now need to activate these addresses somehow?  (I guess I'm kind of wondering how the exchanges will know that my addresses actually exist if I created them while I was offline).

There is no activation. Addresses are not registered or activated or anything. They are just used.

What are you trying to do? I don't know why an exchange would care if your paper wallets have bitcoins or not. If you want to send bitcoins to a paper wallet, you simply enter the wallet's address where the site tells you to.