Abstract: Providing automatic updates to transmitted copies of an electronic document is disclosed herein. In response to the first user such as the author/first user saving the electronic document, a copy of the electronic document is uploaded to a shared location and a reference to the copy of the electronic document uploaded to the shared location is stored in metadata of the electronic document. The first user can then transmit a copy of the electronic document with a link to the reference in the metadata to a second user. Then, if the first user subsequently revises the electronic document, the revised electronic document is uploaded to the shared location. When the second user then opens the copy of the electronic document, a copy of the most recently revised electronic document is retrieved from the shared location.