A simple one today.
It's a simple operation to change the value inside the input box.
<input id="element_id" />jQuery('#element_id').val("New value")
You can also use the .attr() method to perform the same task.
jQuery('#element_id').attr('value', "New value")
If you had a span which contained text you want to change. Use the .html() method. You want to change the html content inside the tags.
<span id="span_id">Text we begin with</span>
jQuery('#span_id').html("New text that we want")