1. A method for enabling a user to select a specific menu item from among a plurality of different menu items being displayed, to access data in a database that has been opened by a database program, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an input device having a plurality of user actuatable switches that are tactilely distinguishable from each other; (b) creating a menu that comprises a plurality of menu items, wherein there is a one-to-one relationship between each menu item and a different user actuatable switch from among the plurality of user actuatable switches, and wherein the menu items are each associated with data in the database; (c) displaying the menu to a user on a display, wherein said display does not comprise said user actuatable switches; and (d) enabling the user to select a menu item to access the data in the database associated with the menu item that was selected, by actuating a user actuatable switch that corresponds to said menu item, a tactile sensation experienced by the user touching the user actuatable switches enabling the user to identify each user actuatable switch being touched.