After effect export

Hi, i'm new to this after effect software...and i really enjoy exploring it to start a training in it...now i downloaded a free trial version of AE 10.0.1.19 to follow up on a few tutorials i have a mac osx 10.6.7 with
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Now i downloaded a free AE project from http://videohive.net/item/hightek-presentation-hd/discussion/100127?page=1 to try out and see the structures
of this wonderfull program AE.Now i passed some tutorials wich i see that you can export these AE files into movies and etc..
Now thats were i have my first question to this software.If i open a new fresh file i only see 3 options to shoose from to export (see picture)
So i thought...maybe this is like this when you dont have a actual compleet project thats why i been onvideohive to have a free test sample but there i seem to have the same problem. (see picture)
Is there something i do wrong here ?
I'm new at this so sorry that i maybe ask stupied questions..but it cannot be that hard to export it when the tutorials speek of File/export/shoose your disired format...
thx for any help or comment.
grtz
Jerry (the noob)

File/export/shoose your disired format...
Then perhaps the tutorials are not that great and you should watch better ones? Sorry to be  so blunt, but this is pretty pointless and maybe a case of the blind leading the blind....
First:
Rendering and Exporting
Second:
Limitations of the trial version
Third:
I wanna be a good boy and learn the program
Mylenium

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