Master slide Set to create many smaller subsets ...

Can I create a 'master' from which I can select the slides I want to show, in the order I want to show them and then save this version as a presentation? Can I then create many more like that from the same basic set? Can I continue to add to the basic set

However, I would like one of the presentation apps to allow me to do what I asked about.
   Rudi 
If you go through my workflow, Keynote will achieve exactly what you asked. It is a manual operation, there is not  an application that can guess what the content should be and to do it automatically.
As an example, I have a  large interactive project that is updated every January.
It contains graphics, stills, video and a voice over.
I can access every version going back to 2003 and  add, delete and reorder the slides to produce 21 regional versions. I consider this workflow a straightforward task.
Good luck

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