Can't download Word, Excel or PowerPoint Attachments

I am new to Macs and I recieved emails from people with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint attachments and I cannot download any of them. I have Office:Mac installed, so I do have all those programs. I don't know if there is something I need to download.
I have this problem whether I use my school's webmail page or Entourage. When I try to open or save the files, it says "The file is read-only, or you may be trying to acess a read-only location. Or, the server the document is stored on may not be responding."
Please help me!

I'm not sure if you exactly mean what you mean.
Are you not able to save an attachement or are you not able to download a file?
For the first case: is the attachement showing up in Mail? If so, what happens when simply clicking on the attachement?
For the second case: check your download-location configured in Safari to ensure you save to a directory available for write-access.

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