Does Acrobat XI paste-in-place?

It's been a long standing gripe that when you cut and paste elements from one PDF into another that the precise position is lost. Illustrator and InDesign both support this feature. Has this been addressed in the XI version?

Can confirm that the Content Editing > "Edit Text & Images" can copy paste to the offset position.
However this tool does not allow you to select a form element to allow you to copy it.
The Interactive Object > "Select Object" tool copy pastes to the center of the page.
So as far as I can see paste in place for form elements is still broken.
The only way we have got around this is create a text field as big as the page covering everything else.
select all and copy. then paste. The result is centered then deselect all and then select the big 'placer' field and delete it.
A cludge of a work around but so far the only way in Acrobat X1 and below. on both Mac and windows.
Roll on acrobat X2

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