PSE 12 Selection Tools and their uses.

I have recently upgarded from PSE 8 to PSE 12 and am lost.
How do I find the selection tool that makes circles around the selected area which I then can copy and paste into another image please.
I am seventy seven years old and not computer literate so please if you can give click by click instructions. I could do it with PSE 8 but the selection tool for circles is hiding in PSE 12
Thank you,
Brian.

Click on the rectangular marquee tool in the Tools Panel.
Click on the Circle in the Tool Options.
Hold down Shift while drawing your ellipse - this constrains it to a circle.
You can then Ctrl+C to copy the selection and Ctrl+V to paste into your new image.
Cheers,
Neale
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