diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 13a30cde7b1..02d2d61c29f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4825,8 +4825,7 @@
         "ansi-regex": {
           "version": "2.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "aproba": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -4847,14 +4846,12 @@
         "balanced-match": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "brace-expansion": {
           "version": "1.1.11",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -4869,20 +4866,17 @@
         "code-point-at": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "concat-map": {
           "version": "0.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "core-util-is": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -4999,8 +4993,7 @@
         "inherits": {
           "version": "2.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "ini": {
           "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -5012,7 +5005,6 @@
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
           }
@@ -5027,7 +5019,6 @@
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
@@ -5035,14 +5026,12 @@
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "minipass": {
           "version": "2.3.5",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
             "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -5061,7 +5050,6 @@
           "version": "0.5.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -5142,8 +5130,7 @@
         "number-is-nan": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "object-assign": {
           "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -5155,7 +5142,6 @@
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "wrappy": "1"
           }
@@ -5241,8 +5227,7 @@
         "safe-buffer": {
           "version": "5.1.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "safer-buffer": {
           "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -5278,7 +5263,6 @@
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
             "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -5298,7 +5282,6 @@
           "version": "3.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
           }
@@ -5342,14 +5325,12 @@
         "wrappy": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "yallist": {
           "version": "3.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 70eb9da6f57..ecd6a007ea4 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   objectEach
 } from './helpers/object';
 import { arrayFlatten, arrayMap, arrayEach, arrayReduce } from './helpers/array';
+import { instanceToHTML } from './utils/parseTable';
 import { getPlugin } from './plugins';
 import { getRenderer } from './renderers';
 import { getValidator } from './validators';
@@ -3555,6 +3556,26 @@ export default function Core(rootElement, userSettings, rootInstanceSymbol = fal
     return getTranslatedPhrase(priv.settings.language, dictionaryKey, extraArguments);
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Converts instance into outerHTML of HTMLTableElement.
+   *
+   * @memberof Core#
+   * @function toString
+   * @since 7.1.0
+   * @returns {HTMLTableElement}
+   */
+  this.toString = () => instanceToHTML(this);
+
+  /**
+   * Converts instance into outerHTML of HTMLTableElement.
+   *
+   * @memberof Core#
+   * @function toHTML
+   * @since 7.1.0
+   * @returns {HTMLTableElement}
+   */
+  this.toHTML = () => instanceToHTML(this);
+
   this.timeouts = [];
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index ec69c74c026..dda16875742 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -173,4 +173,20 @@ Handsontable.languages.registerLanguageDictionary = registerLanguageDictionary;
 // Alias to `getTranslatedPhrase` function, for more information check it API.
 Handsontable.languages.getTranslatedPhrase = (...args) => getTranslatedPhrase(...args);
 
+/**
+ * Prepares Handsontable configuration based on HTMLElement.
+ *
+ * @param {Node} element Node element to prepare Handsontable configuration.
+ * @returns {DefaultSettings} Object with Handsontable configuration.
+ */
+Handsontable.fromHTML = element => Handsontable.helper.tableToSettings(element);
+
+/**
+ * Prepares Handsontable configuration based on string.
+ *
+ * @param {String} htmlText Node element to prepare Handsontable configuration.
+ * @returns {DefaultSettings} Object with Handsontable configuration.
+ */
+Handsontable.fromString = htmlText => Handsontable.helper.tableToSettings(htmlText);
+
 export default Handsontable;
diff --git a/src/plugins/copyPaste/copyPaste.js b/src/plugins/copyPaste/copyPaste.js
index 25d810a4241..5ae66b42bda 100644
--- a/src/plugins/copyPaste/copyPaste.js
+++ b/src/plugins/copyPaste/copyPaste.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import copyItem from './contextMenuItem/copy';
 import cutItem from './contextMenuItem/cut';
 import PasteEvent from './pasteEvent';
 import { createElement, destroyElement } from './focusableElement';
-import { arrayToTable, tableToHandsontable } from './../../utils/parseTable';
+import { arrayToHTML, tableToSettings } from './../../utils/parseTable';
 
 import './copyPaste.css';
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class CopyPaste extends BasePlugin {
       const textPlain = SheetClip.stringify(rangedData);
 
       if (event && event.clipboardData) {
-        const textHTML = arrayToTable(rangedData, this.hot.rootDocument);
+        const textHTML = arrayToHTML(rangedData, this.hot.rootDocument);
 
         event.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', textPlain);
         event.clipboardData.setData('text/html', textHTML);
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class CopyPaste extends BasePlugin {
       const textPlain = SheetClip.stringify(rangedData);
 
       if (event && event.clipboardData) {
-        const textHTML = arrayToTable(rangedData, this.hot.rootDocument);
+        const textHTML = arrayToHTML(rangedData, this.hot.rootDocument);
 
         event.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', textPlain);
         event.clipboardData.setData('text/html', textHTML);
@@ -481,13 +481,13 @@ class CopyPaste extends BasePlugin {
     }
 
     let pastedData;
-    let parsedConfig;
+    let parsedConfig = {};
 
     if (event && typeof event.clipboardData !== 'undefined') {
       const textHTML = event.clipboardData.getData('text/html');
 
       if (textHTML && /(<table)|(<TABLE)/g.test(textHTML)) {
-        parsedConfig = tableToHandsontable(textHTML, this.hot.rootDocument);
+        parsedConfig = tableToSettings(textHTML, this.hot.rootDocument);
         pastedData = parsedConfig.data;
       } else {
         pastedData = event.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ class CopyPaste extends BasePlugin {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (this.hot.runHooks('beforePaste', inputArray, this.copyableRanges) === false) {
+    if (this.hot.runHooks('beforePaste', inputArray, this.copyableRanges, parsedConfig) === false) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ class CopyPaste extends BasePlugin {
       Math.min(this.hot.countCols() - 1, endColumn),
     );
 
-    this.hot.runHooks('afterPaste', inputArray, this.copyableRanges, parsedConfig || {});
+    this.hot.runHooks('afterPaste', inputArray, this.copyableRanges, parsedConfig);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/copyPaste/test/copyPaste.e2e.js b/src/plugins/copyPaste/test/copyPaste.e2e.js
index 4536a0af725..08bb8698fef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/copyPaste/test/copyPaste.e2e.js
+++ b/src/plugins/copyPaste/test/copyPaste.e2e.js
@@ -600,10 +600,10 @@ describe('CopyPaste', () => {
       await sleep(60);
 
       expect(beforePasteSpy.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
-      expect(beforePasteSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([['Kia']], [{ startRow: 0, startCol: 0, endRow: 0, endCol: 0 }], void 0, void 0, void 0, void 0);
+      expect(beforePasteSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([['Kia']], [{ startRow: 0, startCol: 0, endRow: 0, endCol: 0 }], {}, void 0, void 0, void 0);
 
       expect(afterPasteSpy.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
-      expect(afterPasteSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([['Kia']], [{ startRow: 0, startCol: 0, endRow: 0, endCol: 0 }], void 0, void 0, void 0, void 0);
+      expect(afterPasteSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([['Kia']], [{ startRow: 0, startCol: 0, endRow: 0, endCol: 0 }], {}, void 0, void 0, void 0);
     });
 
     it('should be possible to block pasting', async() => {
diff --git a/src/utils/parseTable.js b/src/utils/parseTable.js
index 4c6e1f1b4a5..ad15067fd87 100644
--- a/src/utils/parseTable.js
+++ b/src/utils/parseTable.js
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 import { isEmpty } from './../helpers/mixed';
 
 /**
- * Converts Handsontable into HTMLTableElement
- * @param {Handsontable} instance
+ * Verifies if node is an HTMLTable element.
+ *
+ * @param {Node} element Node to verify if it's an HTMLTable.
  */
-export function convertToHTMLTable({ instance }) {
+function isHTMLTable(element) {
+  return (element && element.nodeName || '').toLowerCase() === 'table';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts Handsontable into HTMLTableElement.
+ *
+ * @param {Core} instance
+ *
+ * @returns {String} outerHTML of the HTMLTableElement
+ */
+export function instanceToHTML(instance) {
   const doc = instance.rootDocument;
   const hasColumnHeaders = instance.hasColHeaders();
   const hasRowHeaders = instance.hasRowHeaders();
@@ -72,11 +84,15 @@ export function convertToHTMLTable({ instance }) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Converts javascript array into HTMLTable.
+ * Converts 2D array into HTMLTableElement.
  *
  * @param {Array} input Input array which will be converted to HTMLTable
+ * @param {Document} [rootDocument]
+ *
+ * @returns {String} outerHTML of the HTMLTableElement
  */
-export function arrayToTable(input, rootDocument) {
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-globals
+export function arrayToHTML(input, rootDocument = document) {
   const inputLen = input.length;
   const result = ['<style>br{mso-data-placement: same-cell}</style>', '<table>'];
 
@@ -99,12 +115,7 @@ export function arrayToTable(input, rootDocument) {
         '' :
         cellData.toString().replace(/(<br(\s*|\/)>(\r\n|\n)?|\r\n|\n)/g, '<br>\r\n').replace(/\x20/gi, '&nbsp;').replace(/\t/gi, '&#9;');
 
-      // tempElement.innerText = `${isEmpty(rowData[column]) ? '' : rowData[column]}`;
-
       columnsResult.push(`<td>${parsedCellData}</td>`);
-
-      // columnsResult.push(`<td>${tempElement.innerHTML.replace(/<br>/g, '\r\n')}</td>`);
-      // columnsResult.push(`<td style="white-space: normal">${tempElement.innerHTML.replace(/<br>/g, '<br>\r\n')}</td>`);
     }
 
     result.push('<tr>', ...columnsResult, '</tr>');
@@ -114,29 +125,19 @@ export function arrayToTable(input, rootDocument) {
     }
   }
 
-  // rootDocument.documentElement.removeChild(tempElement);
-
   result.push('</table>');
 
   return result.join('');
 }
 
-/**
- * Helper to verify if DOM element is an HTMLTable element.
- *
- * @param {Element} element Node element to verify if it's an HTMLTable.
- */
-function isHTMLTable(element) {
-  return (element && element.nodeName || '').toLowerCase() === 'table';
-}
-
 /**
  * Converts HTMLTable or string into Handsontable configuration object.
  *
  * @param {Element|String} element Node element or string, which should contain `<table>...</table>`.
+ * @param {Document} [rootDocument]
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-globals
-export function tableToHandsontable(element, rootDocument = document) {
+export function tableToSettings(element, rootDocument = document) {
   const settingsObj = {};
   const fragment = rootDocument.createDocumentFragment();
   const tempElem = rootDocument.createElement('div');