Problems with File extensions such as .doc and .ppt

[i4k20c]

Hello,

Whenever i download a word document, it comes up as filename.doc.dot or a powerpoint document comes up as filename.ppt.pot and i'm not quite sure why?

I am under leopard using 3.1.1 safari

thank you. :)

[mkrishnan]

Please use this relatively recent thread on the same topic:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=435664