Using COM-08653 (12 Button Keypad) as simple buttons on microcontroller

Using Arduino Microcontrollers
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Thanks.

I also saw someone suggesting to simply set the pins as inputs and just use the key pad similar to the "button" tutorial.

http://forum.bildr.org/viewtopic.php?t=388

    void setup(void)
    {

      pinMode(12, INPUT);
      digitalWrite(12, HIGH);

    }

    void loop(void)
    {

      if (digitalRead(12) == LOW)
      {
        // Do something
      }

      else
      {
        // well then do something else
      }
    }

Is this something I cannot do with this keypad?
In short, I want to use this and input commands to my microcontroller.