I want to give a user with minimum permissions the ability to use a content editor

Question

Just one particular content editor. So the user's permissions will still apply (i.e. they are not an editor so typically cannot edit) but will still have access to a content editor's rich editing features for one particular control.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this will help you, but you can use the RTE without the ribbon controls. We have a public facing site and didn't want to use the ribbon for general users.

http://blog.mastykarz.nl/rich-text-editor-control-sharepoint-2010/