Word and Excel 2002

I'm importing from Excel to Word.

When I import what looks like $12,000 in Excel, it becomes 12000 in Word. I
understand that's because the data is 12000 and in Excel I've formatted it
with Currency and Comma styles.

My question is, what's the easiest way to get $12,000 in Word without having
to manually fix each entry?

Thanks in advance.

Doreen