Saving in Lightroom

What I want to do is export my finished, adjusted picture to a file in order that I can work on it using another product. I have tried to use the export facility but found it was saving the original unchanged document not my updated one. I am using a trial version of the 2.3 version at the moment and if all goes well will be buying the full version next month. Is this a restriction on the trial version or am I doing something wrong.
Regards
Dale

When you do an export LR does not change the original file but creates a new file with you edits and saves to a specified location.
Check the export dialog to see where the exported file has been saved. You should have two files the original one and the exported one.
Have a look at this site and you will find some very good tutorials (free) to get you started on a good footing with LR. Enjoy.
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshoplightroom/

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