Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
===================================================================
--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5462)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5463)
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5530">#5530</a> : Page break for printing can't be removed with undo.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5381">#5381</a> : Unable to place cursor between two paragraphs in body.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5568">#5568</a> : [IE6/7] Selecting a entire table cell changes the original range.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js
===================================================================
--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js	(revision 5462)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js	(revision 5463)
@@ -1241,5 +1241,5 @@
 		 * @param {Number} mode  ( CKEDITOR.SHRINK_ELEMENT | CKEDITOR.SHRINK_TEXT ) The shrinking mode.
 		 */
-		shrink : function( mode )
+		shrink : function( mode, selectContents )
 		{
 			// Unable to shrink a collapsed range.
@@ -1316,5 +1316,5 @@
 				{
 					var textStart = walker[ mode == CKEDITOR.SHRINK_ELEMENT ? 'lastForward' : 'next']();
-					textStart && this.setStartBefore( textStart );
+					textStart && this.setStartAt( textStart, selectContents ? CKEDITOR.POSITION_AFTER_START : CKEDITOR.POSITION_BEFORE_START );
 				}
 
@@ -1323,5 +1323,5 @@
 					walker.reset();
 					var textEnd = walker[ mode == CKEDITOR.SHRINK_ELEMENT ? 'lastBackward' : 'previous']();
-					textEnd && this.setEndAfter( textEnd );
+					textEnd && this.setEndAt( textEnd, selectContents ? CKEDITOR.POSITION_BEFORE_END : CKEDITOR.POSITION_AFTER_END );
 				}
 
@@ -1383,4 +1383,9 @@
 			// ignore it for now.
 
+			// Fixing invalid range start inside dtd empty elements.
+			if( startNode.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT
+				&& CKEDITOR.dtd.$empty[ startNode.getName() ] )
+				startNode = startNode.getParent(), startOffset = startNode.getIndex();
+			
 			this.startContainer	= startNode;
 			this.startOffset	= startOffset;
@@ -1408,4 +1413,9 @@
 			// will not need this check for our use of this class so we can ignore
 			// it for now.
+
+			// Fixing invalid range end inside dtd empty elements.
+			if( endNode.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT 
+				&& CKEDITOR.dtd.$empty[ endNode.getName() ] )
+				endNode = endNode.getParent(), endOffset = endNode.getIndex() + 1;
 
 			this.endContainer	= endNode;
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js
===================================================================
--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5462)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5463)
@@ -1011,4 +1011,5 @@
 var notWhitespaces = CKEDITOR.dom.walker.whitespaces( true );
 var fillerTextRegex = /\ufeff|\u00a0/;
+var nonCells = { table:1,tbody:1,tr:1 };
 
 CKEDITOR.dom.range.prototype.select =
@@ -1020,4 +1021,12 @@
 			var isStartMarkerAlone;
 			var dummySpan;
+
+			// IE doesn't support selecting the entire table row/cell, move the selection into cells, e.g.
+			// <table><tbody><tr>[<td>cell</b></td>... => <table><tbody><tr><td>[cell</td>...
+			if ( this.startContainer.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT && this.startContainer.getName() in nonCells
+				|| this.endContainer.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT && this.endContainer.getName() in nonCells )
+			{
+				this.shrink( CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT, true );
+			}
 
 			var bookmark = this.createBookmark();