diff --git a/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/addon.json b/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/addon.json
index c6331792..157e1871 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/addon.json
+++ b/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/addon.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "pdf-editor",
   "name": "PDF Editor",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
   "description": "Open a PDF in a full tab: read it, mark it up with highlight, underline, strike-through, pen, shapes, arrows, text and a drawn signature, then move, resize, restyle or delete anything you placed. Reorder, rotate or drop pages, fill in form fields, redact for real, and save a new copy. Build a PDF from pictures, one page each, or join several PDFs into one. Marks are written into the saved file as real PDF content. The original is never touched.",
   "author": "Silent Mode",
   "icon": "data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyNCAyNCI+PHBhdGggZD0iTTYgMmg4bDYgNnYxMmEyIDIgMCAwIDEtMiAySDZhMiAyIDAgMCAxLTItMlY0YTIgMiAwIDAgMSAyLTJ6IiBmaWxsPSIjZGMyNjI2Ii8+PHBhdGggZD0iTTE0IDJ2Nmg2eiIgZmlsbD0iIzk5MWIxYiIvPjx0ZXh0IHg9IjEyIiB5PSIxNyIgdGV4dC1hbmNob3I9Im1pZGRsZSIgZm9udC1mYW1pbHk9InN5c3RlbS11aSwtYXBwbGUtc3lzdGVtLHNhbnMtc2VyaWYiIGZvbnQtc2l6ZT0iNS41IiBmb250LXdlaWdodD0iODAwIiBmaWxsPSIjZmZmIj5QREY8L3RleHQ+PC9zdmc+",
diff --git a/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/editor.js b/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/editor.js
index 50b1f94e..d60b3a45 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/editor.js
+++ b/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/editor.js
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ $("redact-ok").addEventListener("click", () => closeModal(true));
 $("redact-cancel").addEventListener("click", () => closeModal(null));
 
 const TOOL_HINTS = {
-  select: "Click a mark, or drag an area around several. Shift-click adds one, Ctrl+A takes the page.",
+  select: "Click a mark, or drag an area around several — Alt-drag to start one on top of text. Shift-click adds one, Ctrl+A takes the page.",
   highlight: "Drag across text to highlight it.",
   underline: "Drag across text to underline it.",
   strikeout: "Drag across text to strike it through.",
diff --git a/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/lib/tools.js b/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/lib/tools.js
index 44e1f889..e6dd752a 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/lib/tools.js
+++ b/bundled-addons/pdf-editor/lib/tools.js
@@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ export class Tools {
         if (e.target?.closest?.(".annotationLayer")) return;
         // ...or on the document's own words, where a drag means selecting
         // them to copy. A band is started from the space between things,
-        // which is where a hand reaches for one anyway.
-        if (span) return;
+        // which is where a hand reaches for one anyway — except on a page
+        // that is wall-to-wall text and has no such space, which is what
+        // Alt is for.
+        if (span && !e.altKey) return;
         this.drag = { kind: "marquee", uid: hit.uid, x0: x, y0: y, x, y,
                       cx: e.clientX, cy: e.clientY, moved: false };
         e.preventDefault();