# \[Q\] Oval / Rectangle Tool and Oval / Rectangle Primitive Tool

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-oval-rectangle-tool-and-oval-rectangle-primitive-tool/316160>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-oval-rectangle-tool-and-oval-rectangle-primitive-tool/316160 "2010-11-14T20:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![DieByMacro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DieByMacro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DieByMacro)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-oval-rectangle-tool-and-oval-rectangle-primitive-tool/316160/1 "2010-11-14T20:53:19Z")

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Okie since I’m new to Flash so I have some questions for you guys. Here is the thing, I do know how to use the oval / rectangle and oval / rectangle primitive tools in the tool bar and find them quite useful, but one thing I find confusing is. A oval / rectangle primitive object can be edited later but the oval / rectangle can’t. So the point is,how do we use them properly ? when to use ? Why does Adobe Flash still keep the oval / rectangle tool in their product instead of removing them with the oval / rectangle primitive tool ?