I have a question, can you import private keys from electrum wallet to qt? i see that in both (electrum/qt), the private keys start with an "A", but on the paper wallet generator from the website, the private keys start with an "8".By the way, i'm getting a red circle (no connection) on electrum 
I'm not getting a connection either. I'm sure you can export the keys or regain them through a set of Electrum code words (assuming you wrote them down). I'd rather figure out how to re-establish the connection though, since I use that wallet (along with others) and we should have it working smoothly for the community. I'm guessing it's just a matter of adding some nodes; an electrum node list has probably been posted somewhere in the last 20 pages of this thread, but if we're patient a kind person will probably show up with instructions for us
There is a difference between a regular ("8.....") or compressed ("a.....") private key WIF... But both qt and electrum should be able to work with either form.
If you don't have a connection you might try restarting electrum. The electrum servers are currently up but mine have been experiencing intermittent service provider outages...
