When merging with Office 2003, Word is now expected to provide the
formatting. You can do this with a formatting switch on the Word field - see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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FlorencePS wrote:
Using Word & Excel 2003. When we try to merge data from Excel that
has been formatted as $1,500 it merges into the doc as 1500. We've
tried everything, from reformatting the cell back to General then
reapplying Currency, and even retyping that particular cell.

Any thoughts?