Never considered the image that quip might conjure
This might work:
Code:
Sub ScratchMacro()
'A basic Word macro coded by Greg Maxey
Dim oRng As Word.Range
Dim oRngBefore As Word.Range
Dim i As Long
Dim bMove As Boolean
Set oRng = Selection.Range.Duplicate
Set oRngBefore = oRng.Duplicate
oRngBefore.Collapse wdCollapseStart
bMove = True
For i = 1 To oRng.Characters.Count
oRng.Characters(i).Copy
oRngBefore.Paste
If bMove Then
oRng.MoveStart wdCharacter, 1
bMove = False
End If
oRngBefore.Collapse wdCollapseStart
Next
oRng.Delete
End Sub