This function will behave differently depending on which module you are in. In the Text module for example, this menu entry will select all text in the current piping chain. You can, for example, use this function to convert all text to the same font, copy the text to the clipboard, or delete it all.
In the Frame module this menu item functions slightly differently:
If no frames are selected, then Select all
will select
every frame on the current page. If one or more frames are
selected, this function will select only frames of the type
selected.
This final entry in the Options menu is not only very smart, because it knows what is to be selected in the current situation, but it can be used directly from every module in Calamus SL (for instance, call it from Eddie to select text in an Eddie window).