In PPT 2010 when you click the upper left button the Backstage opens.
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On a recent call with the Microsoft PowerPoint team I heard this quick definition of the backstage area that is great:
“Backstage has things you do to a document” (such as save, print, convert, etc.).
– Troy @ TLC