Hi, I am working on a plugin at the moment that replaces the standard editor with a wysiwg editor. I think its easier for beginner users like myself and others. Please checkout the thread on meta for more details
Follow Install a Plugin
how-to from the official Discourse Meta, using git clone https://github.com/spirobel/discourse-basic-editor.git
as the plugin command.
If you have issues or suggestions for the plugin, please bring them up on Discourse Meta.