Have 2003 SP2 version.
Would ideally like to have the two columns under the slides displayed!
Have previously not used the area under the slides and formatted each notes
page in the presentation with two text boxes. To put notes in we just select
the notes page and fill in the appplcable column. The only disadvantage with
this is that you can not view the slide while putting in the notes (although
have got around by including a small view of the slide on the notes page) and
have to format each slide (not the master) with the two text boxes.