Photoshop newbie ~ how to make a simple highlight circle?

Hi
I am a convert from Paint Shop Pro.
Now with PSP it was very easy to take a screen shot and highlight a button or area on the image by drawing a hollow circle or oval and set the border color and width.
I am struggling to find the best way to achieve this in Photoshop, any ideas please ?
[ Please see example screen shot, taken from a user guide ]
Many thanks..!

I'm wading into this late, but for preparation of "how to" images I kind of like to do it this way:
1. Select the Ellipse Tool (I actually like the Rounded Rectangle Tool better in general).
2. Set it to draw a path only, and drag a path around what you want to draw attention to.
3. Create a new, empty layer.
4. Select the Brush Tool, set it to a few pixels in width, and not full opacity (say, 75%).
5. Choose a foreground color.
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7. Add layer styles, e.g., drop shadow, bevel.
8. Use the Line Tool to draw arrows.
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