The ability to format text fields, ie when data is number or currency

The ability to format text fields, ie when data is number or currency

Hello,
I have spent some time trying to determine how to accomplish this but it appears to be impossible.
I want to merge a currency field from CRM into a PDF document. The CRM data shows $1,234, but when zSign gets the data it shows 1234 in the text field.  

Can someone explain how to apply a formatting or get the data to be formatted the same way it is in CRM.

Thanks
Jeremy