When merging information not merging correctly
 

I have a word document setup to receive information from my excel worksheet.
When I merge the documents there is a column with that has amount values.
When I merge the document to the word program the amount that is suppose to
fit in does not include a dollar sign or decimals for everyone. I can get it
to work on a different computer which has an older version of excel but when
I try to use it on a newer version of excel (excel 2003) it does not work
appropriately.
If anyone can offer a suggestion please let me know.