<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function displayText(){
textRange = document.all.myBody.createTextRange();
textRange.moveToElementText(myP);
var m = textRange.text;
alert(m);
}
</script>
</head>
<body id="myBody">
<p id="myP">This is some text in the document inside a p element</p>
<button onclick="displayText();">Display the text range</button>
</body>
</html>