I am needing to put the Export (pdf/excel) buttons inside of the paging area, next to the "Page Size". I was wondering if that can be possible and if so is there an example?
You can use a PagerTemplate and customize it according to your requirement. You can place a button in the PagerTemplate and set its Command Name. In the ItemCommand event of the grid, you can check for the CommandName and then perfom export. Check out the following demo to understand the use of PagerTemplate: Pager Template