Exporting Images Questions

Hi,
I basically understand all of LR except for the only part that matters - getting my images out of LR for various purposes such as standard printing, enlargements, work website, personal website (in the future), Facebook etc. I'll save most of my web-related questions for another thread.
I don't have a printer, so I'm mostly interested in saving images to jpegs to take to a print shop (and possibly send online to some place like Shutterfly) and get them printed in good/high quality and untarnished (i.e. cropped or other manipulations by the print shop). I also live overseas in an undeveloped and unsophisticated country, so I have the language/concept challenge of explaining what I want to print shops. I'm having my own trouble with the concepts I also think in inches, but have to convert/work in cm.
1) I'll start with the most dumb question. In the Export dialogue, is "Image Sizing" the physical size that I am trying to make the print?
2) Is the aspect ratio affected by the Image Sizing settings? For example, if I have a 4:3 image but want it printed 4x6 inches or 5x7 or 8x10 etc. what happens in the Export dialogue? I think the image would get cropped, but I'm not sure
3) What do I do for enlargements? For example, I want to make a 4x6 inch print and then a 20x30 inch print of the same image? What settings do I need to change? I assume with an enlarged image I need to be careful of exceeding the original file size. Next question...
4) Is Image Sizing > "Don't Enlarge" the way to prevent the file size from exceeding the original file size? Or, is "Limit File Size to xxx" in File Settings the way to do this? I see no way in LR of knowing what my original file size is; or what it is after some cropping - the file size changes after cropping, right?
5) According to many (but not all), "Quality" in File Settings does not need to = 100. If I understand correctly, it's actually a 12-step scale that dramatically increases the file size in the last few steps of the scale with practically no discernible improvements. I wonder how the "Quality" setting might affect the print quality at various physical print sizes? Should "Quality" be set differently for prints vs. web? I don't really know what the file size of the image is after exporting until I open the properties.
6) A friend told me to just set print Resolution to 300 and web Resolution to 100 because it'll be easier to make calculations about pixels, image size and file sizes.
My friend also showed me Photoshop (which I don't have), and it seemed easier to get information about physical size, pixels, image size etc. I also looked at the LR Print Module, but I don't see anything in the module that clarifies my confusion about the above questions. Maybe some answers above will also help me understand how to export/save/upload images for my web-related purposes.
Ultimately, I think I'm trying to get a set of user presets for the various needs I might want and I apologize if I'm just not understanding the concepts or confusing them.
Thanks
Andrew

Thank you Jim. It's getting me toward the right direction. I've been experimenting with all different types of export settings to try and learn what is happening in LR.
I basically understand the concept of the # of pixels to print size.
However, for example:
1) I have an image from my OMD-EM1 that I shot in 4:3
2) I crop it to 2x3/4x6 in the Develop module > Cropping Tool. (But, LR never shows the crop size or file size)
3) I export it and set 6 inches by 4 inches in the Image Sizing dialog at 300 ppi
(Let's leave Quality at 100 for ease)
I fully understand that the image comes out at 1200x1800. The file size is 2.84 MB
I can tell the print shop to print a 4x6 inch print. It won't be cropped and it should have good quality.
4) Now I want a print of the same image at 20 inches x 30 inches (same aspect ratio and crop)
5) I export it and set 30 inches by 20 inches in Image Sizing at 300 ppi (9000 by 6000 pixels)
(Quality is the same at 100)
The file size is now 37 MB. This is going to be a problem, right? Pixalation??
If I go back to the original RAW file, the file size is 18 MB. Now, I have a file twice the size of the original.
I was told that you don't ever want to exceed your original file size.
If I drop the Quality to 90 and keep ppi at 300, then the file size is 16 MB.
Or if I reduce the ppi to 150 (keeping Quality at 100), then the file size is about 10 MB.
Is there going to be any difference in the final print?
Btw, I don't see any way in LR to find out what my original file size is; my cropped file size or what my exported file size will be until after I export it and open the properties tab or scroll over it.
I think Photoshop has a built-in print size/pixels/image size calculator.
I have no idea what I would do if I manually cropped something to a non-typical aspect ratio and then wanted to print it. But, that's probably another topic/thread.
Also, remember I live in Cambodia. I don't have the luxury of sending online to a quality print service or take to a real print shop. I have no idea what they use for printers here or how they set them up, but one problem is that they like to make everyone look "white"
Thanks again and apologies again for not quite understanding.
Andrew

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