Word processing for seniors

Folks,
I realize this is a Pages forum, but I would appreciate help on a slightly broader topic. My father in law is about 80 and uses Pages to write documents for his family history. He really just needs to write text and insert pictures, with no fancy formatting. Truth is, he somehow gets different fonts, sections, etc. by mistake, and his documents are screwed up like Hogan's goat. I fix them as best I can, but the assignment of text to sections, etc. makes it nearly impossible for a non-Pages expert.
Could anyone recommend a word processing program with minimal functionality, but with the ability to insert photos in line with text? The fewer features he doesn't need, the better for him and me. Any advice is much appreciated.
Best regards,
Don

TextEdit might be the answer for him.
Also, the new version of Pages (version 5) is very watered down and that might work too. He would need Mavericks installed to run Pages 5, though.

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