hit m, a dialog box with a whole bunch of grey spheres should pop up. Now click on the first grey sphere. The click the rectangle "Maps" should be near the bottom of the window. Check mark diffuse color and then click the rectangle beside it where it says "None". Double click bitmap and choose your texture. Theres a pulldown menu that says Map #1 choose that and set it to 01-default. Then click the blue and white checkered cube and you are done.
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