3. The method of claim 1, wherein each perimeter bounds an area of the page called an overlap region; and wherein the populating step comprises the steps, if one of the cells corresponds to a designated part of the overlap region for one of the overlap groups, of: merging all of the cells containing parts of the overlap region into a new cell within the framework of the table, and populating the new cell with the at least one element representing the objects within the overlap region as the objects are laid out on the page.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one element is an image element of the overlap region if the overlap group associated with the overlap region does not contain only one of the objects having a predefined rendering characteristic.