JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by chauhangs
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td>Question 1:</td>
<td><strong>Occupational/technical/eduction/training program:</strong><br />
Started before 1/1/12.<br />
More text <i>description</i> more/text/with/slashes.</td>
<td>Additional data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Question 2:</td>
<td>Possible lengthy data/that/includes/slashes, but no html tags</td>
<td>Additional data</td>
</tr>
</table>
CSS
table {border-collapse:collapse; border-top:1px solid #000; border-left:1px solid #000; }
table td {border-right:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000; }
JavaScript
$("table tr td:nth-child(2)").each(function() {
var tdContent = $(this).html();
var slashSpace = tdContent.replace(/\//g, "/ ");
$(this).html(slashSpace);
});