I am trying to create Example 1, the Vorpal Sword as shown in Bethesda Tutorial Customizing Weapons & Armor. After many tries and errors, I managed to save and load the plugin...I think. The sword does show up in the Skyrim Launcher data file menu as 'VorpalSword.esp' at the bottom of the list. But, when I start the game and bring up the Developer Console and enter 'help VorpalSword 0' (then I assume to hit enter), I get the following message:

---CONSOLE COMMANDS---

---SCRIPT FUNCTIONS---

---VIEWER STRING NOT AVAILABLE---

---GLOBAL VARIABLES---

---OTHER FORMS---

usage: help

fillters: 0-all 1-functions, 2-settings, 3-globals, 4-other forms

Then when I enter the second line 'player.Equipitem VorpalSword 1', I get the following message:

item 'VorpalSword' not found for parameter ObjectID.

Compiled script not saved!

What did I do wrong? Can somebody explain this to me. I am not computer savy and 72 years old, so you have to explain it to me like you're talkig to a rock.

player.additem VorpalSword 1

VorpalSword needs to be the editor id name; i.e. the exact name you called it. You can't equip something you don't have.