The oval button indicates an invisible root. 
 It can be used when you want to indicate a moving bass note without a change in the chords. 
Doing this in the Editor: 
Will result in this: 
(on the Mac version, you can either type 'W/A' and 'W/G' or click on the Oval symbol in the editor palette then type A, Return to move on)
 
        
      
