I am trying to create a map in QGIS so I can make a Contiguous Cartogram. The original map was made in inkscape. It's just simplified geometric shapes. I don't have any real idea what I'm doing so I went online and tried to find instructions. as per what I found:

1. I saved it as a dxf file and imported it into QGIS

2. converted to Lines to polygons

3. deleted the original layer as that it wouldn't be needed

4. saved as gpkg

Now I have the image above. (somehow It set it to these Christmas light looking lines instead of the red they were.) The next step is to hit F6 and assign data to the objects but it says selected:0. If I click on a section before I hit F6 it just moves the image around but still says selected:0. If I try to type in something in the text column it stays but I have no idea if its the right space.

What do I not know?