Does Sharepoint track document downloads?

I know Sharepoint tracks mo开发者_开发问答difications to files but does it track if a specific user opened a file for viewing?

Yes, check out Item level Auditing and Audit log reports: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397403(v=office.12).aspx#MOSS2007ItemLevelAudit_AuditingwithSharePointServer2007

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/view-audit-log-reports-HA010100005.aspx

Another option is parsing the IIS logs (see this question for more info).