diff --git a/Library/intro.txt b/Library/intro.md
similarity index 71%
rename from Library/intro.txt
rename to Library/intro.md
index 906e0eb..7d710ee 100644
--- a/Library/intro.txt
+++ b/Library/intro.md
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-This is a txt2tags input file.
-The first 3 lines are headers, and are ignored.
-
 This book is for tunes that are not part of the regular
 Havoc session or dance repertoire.
 
diff --git a/Morris/intro.txt b/Morris/intro.md
similarity index 74%
rename from Morris/intro.txt
rename to Morris/intro.md
index 832aa80..de3592e 100644
--- a/Morris/intro.txt
+++ b/Morris/intro.md
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-This is a txt2tags input file.
-The first 3 lines are headers, and are ignored.
-
 This book provides the dots for the music to all the dances
 performed by Cry Havoc. The name of the dance is given as the tune title.
 If the name of the tune differs from the name of the dance, the tune
diff --git a/Session/intro.txt b/Session/intro.md
similarity index 85%
rename from Session/intro.txt
rename to Session/intro.md
index a594dca..c07c68e 100644
--- a/Session/intro.txt
+++ b/Session/intro.md
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-This is a txt2tags input file.
-The first 3 lines are headers, and are ignored.
-
 This book provides the dots for the tunes commonly played at Cry Havoc
 music sessions.
 
diff --git a/makeBooke.sh b/makeBooke.sh
index 2dcb9b7..07570bc 100755
--- a/makeBooke.sh
+++ b/makeBooke.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ done
 for item in intro
 do
     rm -f $builddir/$item.tex
-    if [ -r $booke/$item.txt ]; then
-        txt2tags --no-headers --target=tex --outfile=$builddir/$item.tex $booke/$item.txt
+    if [ -r $booke/$item.md ]; then
+        pandoc --from=markdown --to=latex --output=$builddir/$item.tex $booke/$item.md
     else
         touch $builddir/$item.tex
     fi
diff --git a/makeWeb.sh b/makeWeb.sh
index 46f4ae9..3d6aa92 100755
--- a/makeWeb.sh
+++ b/makeWeb.sh
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ sed -e "s/@BUILD@/$buildno/" -e "s/@SUBTITLE@/$subtitle/" \
 for item in intro
 do
     rm -f $webdir/$item.html
-    if [ -r $booke/$item.txt ]; then
-        txt2tags --no-headers --target=html --outfile=$webdir/$item.html $booke/$item.txt
+    if [ -r $booke/$item.md ]; then
+        pandoc --from=markdown --to=html --output=$webdir/$item.html $booke/$item.md
     else
         touch $webdir/$item.html
     fi