Norma:

There is no exporting needed. You just save the file as a regular QB backup file. When he restores it, he will be able to open it in Simple Start. He will be able to do a lot less to that same data file than you were able to do, but the data will still be there.

HTH!
Deb

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Deb Howard Greenleaf, Certified QB ProAdvisor
Virtual Bookkeeping & QB Consulting