diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
index b8b4b93ca1..3688abff3f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
@@ -19,15 +19,20 @@ class PDBInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     file_types  = set(['pdb'])
 
     options = set([
-        OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_format', recommended_value='auto',
-            choices=['auto', 'block', 'single', 'print', 'markdown'],
-            help=_('How calibre splits text into paragraphs.\n'
+        OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_type', recommended_value='auto',
+            choices=['auto', 'block', 'single', 'print'],
+            help=_('Paragraph structure.\n'
                    'choices are [\'auto\', \'block\', \'single\', \'print\', \'markdown\']\n'
-                   '* auto: Try to auto detect paragraph format.\n'
+                   '* auto: Try to auto detect paragraph type.\n'
                    '* block: Treat a blank line as a paragraph break.\n'
                    '* single: Assume every line is a paragraph.\n'
                    '* print:  Assume every line starting with 2+ spaces or a tab '
-                   'starts a paragraph.\n'
+                   'starts a paragraph.')),
+        OptionRecommendation(name='formatting_type', recommended_value='auto',
+            choices=['auto', 'none', 'markdown'],
+            help=_('Formatting used within the document.'
+                   '* auto: Try to auto detect the document formatting.\n'
+                   '* none: Do not modify the paragraph formatting. Everything is a paragraph.\n'
                    '* markdown: Run the input though the markdown pre-processor. '
                    'To learn more about markdown see')+' http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/'),
         OptionRecommendation(name='preserve_spaces', recommended_value=False,
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/tcr/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/tcr/input.py
index 5f9554665b..e4118c1c0a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/tcr/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/tcr/input.py
@@ -17,15 +17,20 @@ class TCRInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     file_types  = set(['tcr'])
 
     options = set([
-        OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_format', recommended_value='auto',
-            choices=['auto', 'block', 'single', 'print', 'markdown'],
-            help=_('How calibre splits text into paragraphs.\n'
+        OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_type', recommended_value='auto',
+            choices=['auto', 'block', 'single', 'print'],
+            help=_('Paragraph structure.\n'
                    'choices are [\'auto\', \'block\', \'single\', \'print\', \'markdown\']\n'
-                   '* auto: Try to auto detect paragraph format.\n'
+                   '* auto: Try to auto detect paragraph type.\n'
                    '* block: Treat a blank line as a paragraph break.\n'
                    '* single: Assume every line is a paragraph.\n'
                    '* print:  Assume every line starting with 2+ spaces or a tab '
-                   'starts a paragraph.\n'
+                   'starts a paragraph.')),
+        OptionRecommendation(name='formatting_type', recommended_value='auto',
+            choices=['auto', 'none', 'markdown'],
+            help=_('Formatting used within the document.'
+                   '* auto: Try to auto detect the document formatting.\n'
+                   '* none: Do not modify the paragraph formatting. Everything is a paragraph.\n'
                    '* markdown: Run the input though the markdown pre-processor. '
                    'To learn more about markdown see')+' http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/'),
         OptionRecommendation(name='preserve_spaces', recommended_value=False,
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
index e68c47e9b3..47e92a45a9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from calibre.customize.conversion import InputFormatPlugin, OptionRecommendation
 from calibre.ebooks.chardet import detect
 from calibre.ebooks.txt.processor import convert_basic, convert_markdown, \
     separate_paragraphs_single_line, separate_paragraphs_print_formatted, \
-    preserve_spaces, detect_paragraph_formatting
+    preserve_spaces, detect_paragraph_type, detect_formatting_type
 from calibre import _ent_pat, xml_entity_to_unicode
 
 class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     file_types  = set(['txt'])
 
     options = set([
-        OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_format', recommended_value='auto',
-            choices=['auto', 'block', 'single', 'print', 'markdown'],
-            help=_('How calibre splits text into paragraphs.\n'
+        OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_type', recommended_value='auto',
+            choices=['auto', 'block', 'single', 'print'],
+            help=_('Paragraph structure.\n'
                    'choices are [\'auto\', \'block\', \'single\', \'print\', \'markdown\']\n'
-                   '* auto: Try to auto detect paragraph format.\n'
+                   '* auto: Try to auto detect paragraph type.\n'
                    '* block: Treat a blank line as a paragraph break.\n'
                    '* single: Assume every line is a paragraph.\n'
                    '* print:  Assume every line starting with 2+ spaces or a tab '
-                   'starts a paragraph.\n'
+                   'starts a paragraph.')),
+        OptionRecommendation(name='formatting_type', recommended_value='auto',
+            choices=['auto', 'none', 'markdown'],
+            help=_('Formatting used within the document.'
+                   '* auto: Try to auto detect the document formatting.\n'
+                   '* none: Do not modify the paragraph formatting. Everything is a paragraph.\n'
                    '* markdown: Run the input though the markdown pre-processor. '
                    'To learn more about markdown see')+' http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/'),
         OptionRecommendation(name='preserve_spaces', recommended_value=False,
@@ -57,29 +62,16 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
             log.debug('No input encoding specified and could not auto detect using %s' % ienc)
         txt = txt.decode(ienc, 'replace')
 
-        # Determine the formatting of the document.
-        if options.paragraph_format == 'auto':
-            options.paragraph_format = detect_paragraph_formatting(txt)
-            if options.paragraph_format == 'unknown':
-                log.debug('Could not reliably determine paragraph format using block format')
-                options.paragraph_format = 'block'
-            else:
-                log.debug('Auto detected paragraph format as %s' % options.paragraph_format) 
-        
-        # We don't check for block because the processor assumes block.
-        # single and print at transformed to block for processing.
-        if options.paragraph_format == 'single':
-            txt = separate_paragraphs_single_line(txt)
-        elif options.paragraph_format == 'print':
-            txt = separate_paragraphs_print_formatted(txt)
-
         txt = _ent_pat.sub(xml_entity_to_unicode, txt)
         # Preserve spaces will replace multiple spaces to a space
         # followed by the   entity.
         if options.preserve_spaces:
             txt = preserve_spaces(txt)
+            
+        if options.formatting_type == 'auto':
+            options.formatting_type = detect_formatting_type(txt)
 
-        if options.paragraph_format == 'markdown':
+        if options.formatting_type == 'markdown':
             log.debug('Running text though markdown conversion...')
             try:
                 html = convert_markdown(txt, disable_toc=options.markdown_disable_toc)
@@ -87,6 +79,22 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
                 raise ValueError('This txt file has malformed markup, it cannot be'
                     ' converted by calibre. See http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax')
         else:
+            # Determine the paragraph type of the document.
+            if options.paragraph_type == 'auto':
+                options.paragraph_type = detect_paragraph_type(txt)
+                if options.paragraph_type == 'unknown':
+                    log.debug('Could not reliably determine paragraph type using block')
+                    options.paragraph_type = 'block'
+                else:
+                    log.debug('Auto detected paragraph type as %s' % options.paragraph_type) 
+            
+            # We don't check for block because the processor assumes block.
+            # single and print at transformed to block for processing.
+            if options.paragraph_type == 'single':
+                txt = separate_paragraphs_single_line(txt)
+            elif options.paragraph_type == 'print':
+                txt = separate_paragraphs_print_formatted(txt)
+
             flow_size = getattr(options, 'flow_size', 0)
             html = convert_basic(txt, epub_split_size_kb=flow_size)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/processor.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/processor.py
index e1014b0c7b..f6d628e7c5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/processor.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/processor.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def split_string_separator(txt, size) :
             xrange(0, len(txt), size)])
     return txt
 
-def detect_paragraph_formatting(txt):
+def detect_paragraph_type(txt):
     '''
     Tries to determine the formatting of the document.
     
@@ -109,6 +109,20 @@ def detect_paragraph_formatting(txt):
     txt = txt.replace('\r', '\n')
     txt_line_count = len(re.findall('(?mu)^\s*.+$', txt))
     
+    # Check for print
+    tab_line_count = len(re.findall('(?mu)^(\t|\s{2,}).+$', txt))
+    if tab_line_count / float(txt_line_count) >= .25:
+        return 'print'
+    
+    # Check for block
+    empty_line_count = len(re.findall('(?mu)^\s*$', txt))
+    if empty_line_count / float(txt_line_count) >= .25:
+        return 'block'
+    
+    # Nothing else matched to assume single.
+    return 'single'
+
+def detect_formatting_type(txt):
     # Check for markdown
     # Headings
     if len(re.findall('(?mu)^#+', txt)) >= 5:
@@ -129,16 +143,4 @@ def detect_paragraph_formatting(txt):
         if txt.count('\\'+c) > 10:
             return 'markdown'
     
-    # Check for print
-    tab_line_count = len(re.findall('(?mu)^(\t|\s{2,}).+$', txt))
-    if tab_line_count / float(txt_line_count) >= .25:
-        return 'print'
-    
-    # Check for block
-    empty_line_count = len(re.findall('(?mu)^\s*$', txt))
-    if empty_line_count / float(txt_line_count) >= .25:
-        return 'block'
-    
-    # Nothing else matched to assume single.
-    return 'single'
-
+    return 'none'
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/pdb_input.py b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/pdb_input.py
index 655f4025a7..16ff1ff236 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/pdb_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/pdb_input.py
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ class PluginWidget(Widget, Ui_Form):
 
     def __init__(self, parent, get_option, get_help, db=None, book_id=None):
         Widget.__init__(self, parent,
-            ['paragraph_format', 'markdown_disable_toc', 'preserve_spaces'])
+            ['paragraph_type', 'formatting_type', 'markdown_disable_toc', 'preserve_spaces'])
         self.db, self.book_id = db, book_id
-        for x in get_option('paragraph_format').option.choices:
-            self.opt_paragraph_format.addItem(x)
+        for x in get_option('paragraph_type').option.choices:
+            self.opt_paragraph_type.addItem(x)
+        for x in get_option('formatting_type').option.choices:
+            self.opt_formatting_type.addItem(x)
         self.initialize_options(get_option, get_help, db, book_id)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/tcr_input.py b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/tcr_input.py
index 2aa877ce4d..366643ad5b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/tcr_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/tcr_input.py
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ class PluginWidget(Widget, Ui_Form):
 
     def __init__(self, parent, get_option, get_help, db=None, book_id=None):
         Widget.__init__(self, parent,
-            ['paragraph_format', 'markdown_disable_toc', 'preserve_spaces'])
+            ['paragraph_type', 'formatting_type', 'markdown_disable_toc', 'preserve_spaces'])
         self.db, self.book_id = db, book_id
-        for x in get_option('paragraph_format').option.choices:
-            self.opt_paragraph_format.addItem(x)
+        for x in get_option('paragraph_type').option.choices:
+            self.opt_paragraph_type.addItem(x)
+        for x in get_option('formatting_type').option.choices:
+            self.opt_formatting_type.addItem(x)
         self.initialize_options(get_option, get_help, db, book_id)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.py b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.py
index 99d04fe2f4..62672cc0f9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.py
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ class PluginWidget(Widget, Ui_Form):
 
     def __init__(self, parent, get_option, get_help, db=None, book_id=None):
         Widget.__init__(self, parent,
-            ['paragraph_format', 'markdown_disable_toc', 'preserve_spaces'])
+            ['paragraph_type', 'formatting_type', 'markdown_disable_toc', 'preserve_spaces'])
         self.db, self.book_id = db, book_id
-        for x in get_option('paragraph_format').option.choices:
-            self.opt_paragraph_format.addItem(x)
+        for x in get_option('paragraph_type').option.choices:
+            self.opt_paragraph_type.addItem(x)
+        for x in get_option('formatting_type').option.choices:
+            self.opt_formatting_type.addItem(x)
         self.initialize_options(get_option, get_help, db, book_id)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.ui
index b45297fdf2..6cbd68135f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_input.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>488</width>
+    <width>518</width>
     <height>300</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -17,41 +17,21 @@
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
      <property name="text">
-      <string>Document structure detection</string>
+      <string>Paragraph style:</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="1">
-    <widget class="QComboBox" name="opt_paragraph_format"/>
+    <widget class="QComboBox" name="opt_paragraph_type"/>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>&lt;p&gt;Markdown is a simple markup language for text files, that allows for advanced formatting. To learn more visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown&quot;&gt;markdown&lt;/a&gt;.</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="wordWrap">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-     <property name="openExternalLinks">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_markdown_disable_toc">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Do not insert Table of Contents into output text when using markdown</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_preserve_spaces">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Preserve &amp;spaces</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -64,6 +44,45 @@
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
+   <item row="1" column="1">
+    <widget class="QComboBox" name="opt_formatting_type"/>
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Formatting style:</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0" rowspan="2" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Markdown Options</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;p&gt;Markdown is a simple markup language for text files, that allows for advanced formatting. To learn more visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown&quot;&gt;markdown&lt;/a&gt;.</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="wordWrap">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="openExternalLinks">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_markdown_disable_toc">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Do not insert Table of Contents into output text when using markdown</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>