Preview: Add white filled rectangle to pdf

Hi,
is there a way to add a rectangle to a PDF that is filled with colour?
I need to edit a PDF and I want to "black out" some section.
Adding a rectangle works, but I was not able to find a way to have the rectangle filled.
Is this possible?
TIA
- Birgit

Graphic Converter will do it.
<http://www.lemkesoft.com/index.html>

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