Matthew.Pettis@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Do I need to create these, or should they be there?

You need to create ~/.emacs .  Make sure you also set
global-font-lock-mode true.  To do this, type Meta-x customize-variable
global-font-lock-mode .  Then, toggle it to non-nil, and click Save for
future sessions.

Matthew Flaschen