diff --git a/crates/doc/src/lib.rs b/crates/doc/src/lib.rs
index 9447d6653..d4fb9d42b 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/lib.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,69 @@ pub fn para_block(p: Paragraph) -> Arc<Block> {
 /// document is copy-on-write, so a block that changed was copied and has another address —
 /// and a block that was copied but holds the same content is compared by value.
 fn same_blocks(a: &Blocks, b: &Blocks) -> bool {
-    a.len() == b.len() && a.iter().zip(b).all(|(x, y)| Arc::ptr_eq(x, y) || **x == **y)
+    a.len() == b.len() && a.iter().zip(b).all(|(x, y)| Arc::ptr_eq(x, y) || same_block(x, y))
+}
+
+/// The same block by value. A table's cells compare their blocks by address first too: an edit in
+/// one cell copies the whole table, which mustn't mean comparing every cell by value.
+fn same_block(a: &Block, b: &Block) -> bool {
+    match (a, b) {
+        (Block::Table(x), Block::Table(y)) => same_table(x, y),
+        _ => a == b,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The same table. Every field is listed, so a new one does not build until someone decides
+/// whether a change to it counts.
+fn same_table(a: &Table, b: &Table) -> bool {
+    let Table { props, grid, rows, controls } = a;
+    let Table { props: other_props, grid: other_grid, rows: other_rows, controls: other_controls } = b;
+    props == other_props
+        && grid == other_grid
+        && controls == other_controls
+        && rows.len() == other_rows.len()
+        && rows.iter().zip(other_rows).all(|(x, y)| same_row(x, y))
+}
+
+fn same_row(a: &Row, b: &Row) -> bool {
+    let Row { props, cells, controls } = a;
+    let Row { props: other_props, cells: other_cells, controls: other_controls } = b;
+    props == other_props
+        && controls == other_controls
+        && cells.len() == other_cells.len()
+        && cells.iter().zip(other_cells).all(|(x, y)| {
+            let Cell { props, blocks, controls } = x;
+            let Cell { props: other_props, blocks: other_blocks, controls: other_controls } = y;
+            props == other_props && controls == other_controls && same_blocks(blocks, other_blocks)
+        })
+}
+
+/// The same building blocks, their content compared by address first.
+fn same_glossary(a: &[BuildingBlock], b: &[BuildingBlock]) -> bool {
+    a.len() == b.len()
+        && a.iter().zip(b).all(|(x, y)| {
+            let BuildingBlock { name, gallery, category, description, guid, style, types, behaviors, blocks } = x;
+            let BuildingBlock {
+                name: other_name,
+                gallery: other_gallery,
+                category: other_category,
+                description: other_description,
+                guid: other_guid,
+                style: other_style,
+                types: other_types,
+                behaviors: other_behaviors,
+                blocks: other_blocks,
+            } = y;
+            name == other_name
+                && gallery == other_gallery
+                && category == other_category
+                && description == other_description
+                && guid == other_guid
+                && style == other_style
+                && types == other_types
+                && behaviors == other_behaviors
+                && same_blocks(blocks, other_blocks)
+        })
 }
 
 /// The same parts: the same keys, and each part the same.
@@ -927,7 +989,7 @@ impl Document {
             && endnote_separators == other_endnotes
             && same_bytes(media, other_media)
             && same_bytes(passthrough, other_passthrough)
-            && glossary == other_glossary
+            && same_glossary(glossary, other_glossary)
     }
 
     pub fn story(&self, s: StoryRef) -> Option<&Blocks> {
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/tests.rs b/crates/doc/src/tests.rs
index dfef0a853..18e69c832 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/tests.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ fn same_content_sees_every_change() {
     let mut e = d.clone();
     e.para_mut(StoryRef::Body, &Path::top(0)).unwrap().touch();
     assert!(d.same_content(&e), "the paragraph only changed its counter");
+    // A table copied for an edit: the same until a cell's content changes.
+    let mut d = Document::from_text("Hello");
+    d.body.insert(0, Arc::new(Block::Table(Table::new(2, 2, 200.0))));
+    let mut e = d.clone();
+    Arc::make_mut(&mut e.body[0]);
+    assert!(!Arc::ptr_eq(&d.body[0], &e.body[0]));
+    assert!(d.same_content(&e), "the table was only copied");
+    let Block::Table(t) = Arc::make_mut(&mut e.body[0]) else { panic!("a table") };
+    t.rows[1].cells[1].blocks[0] = para_block(Paragraph::with_text("x", CharProps::default()));
+    assert!(!d.same_content(&e), "a cell's text changed");
+    // A building block was added.
+    let mut e = d.clone();
+    e.glossary.push(BuildingBlock { name: "Sign-off".into(), ..Default::default() });
+    assert!(!d.same_content(&e), "a building block was added");
 }
 
 #[test]