Dumb Question.. But.. "Quote Selection"

What does EDIT>>Quote Selection do? It is always greyed out, but one of the upper officers was asking about it. Thus the follow-up…

Thank you!

JB Dunmyer

Subject: simple answer …

It easier done then explained :

select some text in a (rich) text field, and go to Edit–>Quote selection

look wat happend to the selected text.