Can I manually set selection in document

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Can I manually set selection for some part of document?
...in other words somethin' like 'setSelection()' opposite for 'document.getSelection()' method.

In DOM Level 2 specification i find Range object:
myRange = document.createRange();
This object has some methods includin' myRange.setStart(), myRange.setEnd(), which allow manualy set selection.
This object is supported by Opera and FF BUT!!! doesn't supported by IE.
Instead IE has document.selection.createRange() and
document.body.createTextRange();
But how I can set selection in IE??? Is it possible?

TIA