Linking Master Pages

Is there a way to link master pages between files and update automatically? I know I can import master pages, but if I change the original, I must then re-import the changed file into each derivative. An example of this use is to set up a letterhead, then import it into each kind of file (letter, proposal, project sheet, forms, etc). IDCS3.
Thanks for your help.

Create the letterhead as a INDD file, then import the INDD file onto the master page of your new document.
Any time you update the letterhead, the second file (with the letterhead on the master page) will prompt you to update links, and thus update the master page.

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