>We are currently investigating distributing our data on CD's for our customers and need to
>convert all our images/documents to a common format.
>
>If you have experienced this before, what common format type would you choose to
>base all of our data on. e.g. TIF, JPG, PDF, .... Can you give a reason.
>
>Thanks in advance

I use JPG images, and this is actually not my choice but choice of my client who claims to have experience in the area. Generally JPG size is 10 times less (depending on quality/compression) than corresponding BMP.