Thank for the tool. Now I don't have to use microsoft excel.
Seems to be working on matlab 6.5 R13, too. But there is an issue using filenames containing a complete path (like c:\myfiles\testfile.ods). The line 36 'if ~mkdir(tempdir,filename) fails and the result is 'permission error'. My solution: separating path and filename: loadods(filepath, filename, options).
There are some necessary changes in the lines 23, 26, 31 and 42. I'll try to upload my version (loadods_2010_02_02.m).