I really find it hard to believe that there's no way (natively) to type on the screen of a PowerPoint slideshow? In a presentation where there's audience feedback I just want to be able to keep a list on the screen. They give you this pretty useless little pen to make scribbles but it's useless for writing. It makes my handwriting look even worse. So I went on a Google search for the answer which was not that easy to find. At last I struck paydirt.  There is a way but none to obvious.

1. Right click on a toolbar, select the Visual Basic toolbar,
2. Click the Control Toolbox button,
3. Click on Text Box and draw it on the screen
4. Right click on the text box and select Properties
5. In the list of properties set "MultiLine" to true.
6. Now run the slideshow and click on the text box and type away.  You can set up multiple text boxes for columns
7. Big hint: For returns you must hold down the Ctrl key while hitting Enter.