6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising: if the paste point is not adjacent to the target table in the target document, determining if the paste location is within the target table in the target document; and if the paste location is within the target table in the target document, pasting the document element at the paste point as a nested table as formatted in the source document.
6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising: if the paste point is not adjacent to the target table in the target document, determining if the paste location is within the target table in the target document; and if the paste location is within the target table in the target document, pasting the document element at the paste point as a nested table as formatted in the source document. 8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: displaying a recovery user interface comprising a selectable action for inserting the document element as at least one new row in the target table; and inserting the document element as the at least one new row in the target table in response to receiving the selected action from the recovery user interface.