Master slide "light box"

So my search continues...I need an app that will go through my HD and put all of my 1000's of Keynote slides individually (from ALL of my presentations) in one catalog or "light box." In this way, I can organize them and put together new talks quickly by simply selecting slides and dragging them to a new presentation. Any ideas?
Thanks!

I don't think you are doing anything wrong. The Master Slides are not locked, per se, although certain elements within the Master might be. The Arrange and Format menus are context sensitive.
Try this:
Open the Master Navigator (slide the navigator view down with the handle at the top (looks like two parallel lines) to expose the Master Slides.
Select the Master Slide you wish to modify and select a line of bulleted text then Text Inspector > Bullets > select the bullet style you want.
Return to normal editing (close the Master Slide navigator) and create a new slide and then select the modified bulleted master from the toolbar pull down menu.
I think you will find that the bullet has changed to your new style. It works for me.
Good Luck.

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Correct I have only 15 seconds of audio with the slide. no audio with any of the light boxes. Those are "read only" light boxes.
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Old Photog wrote:
1. If I click "create a new master slide", Keynote duplicates the nearest master in the list. Is there a way to start out with a blank master?
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A "geek" means a clumsy fool, I would never call anyone this.
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