Chinese OpenOffice 4.0 beta takes design cues from Office 2007

Harkening to the famed Office 2007 ribbon interface, RedOffice's new UI has been designed to, as the group says, "provide a work area with a simple graphic interface, so that use is more concise and efficient."

While most versions of the Chinese office suite have provided a similar user experience to OpenOffice.org, the OpenOffice 3.0 beta which opened in May, and the RedOffice 4.0 beta have begun to take slightly divergent paths.