Redacting in Preview?

How do I obscure something in Preview Version 5.0.3 (504.1)?  I have a document that I saved in PDF.   It has some text that I would like to delete or obscure before distributing the document.   I have found all the squares and ovals among the Tools.  I have used the "Select" tool to draw around the text.   These tools make a very nice border that highlights the text in question, but I don't want to call attention to the text.  I want to cover it up.   How do I do it?

As an update, here is a screen shot of what I get when I click the rectangle in the Annotations toolbar:
And here is what I get when I click the Highlight in the Annotations toolbar:
Oddly enough last week I was able to get the rectangle to work twice on the document, but the rectangle has refused to operate again since then.

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