Can a Shape be "Re-Shaped"?

...as in: not just making the object Editable, but selecting a given shape (a circle, let's say) and simply changing it into some OTHER shape, like a rounded rectangle, a talk bubble, or whatever -- but with the new shape taking on whatever formatting (fill, stroke, color, shadow, etc.) was applied to the original?
So far I've always ended up having to generate a brand new shape, after which I copy the original's attributes onto it, delete the original, and then drag the new shape into the original one's position and resize it as needed.
It would be a lot easier if I could just say: Mr. Oval, welcome to your new life as Ms. Polygon. Is there some obvious way to do that I'm just not seeing?
Thanks,
John B.
Toronto

Hi Adam --
Thanks for the reply, but I think there's still some confusion as to what exactly it is I'm trying to do.
What I'm NOT wanting to do is to select a Shape object, choose "Make Editable", and then manipulate the various handles which appear.
What I DO want to do (and I'll use the above Star Shape as an example), is to select that Star shape -- onto which I've probably applied all kinds of formatting (fill type, stroke type, shadow, etc. etc.) -- and then go to one of those lists of Shapes (either the icons or the text descriptions), select one (a Circle, let's say) and instead of having Pages then insert a whole new default Circle shape somewhere in my document, just have the currently selected Star TURN INTO a Circle, but with all of its formatting attributes (fill, stroke, shadow, etc.) on the same settings as those I applied to the Star.
So I'm not looking to somehow make a given shape more "Editable", I'm just looking for a way to quickly turn a given shape into another, DIFFERENT shape (but one that still retains all the formatting attributes I've already applied to the original shape).
Does this make sense? And more importantly, can it be done -- or is Pages currently set up so that a given shape, no matter how much custom editing is done to it, is ALWAYS based on that same original basic shape? In other words, are shapes, once inserted, capable of being infinitely edited and infinitely formatted, even capable of being deleted, but NOT capable of simply being changed into a different shape?
Thanks,
John B.
Toronto

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