Jump to hide slides

Hi !
In PowerPoint i can hide slide and jump to it from other slides.
In Captivate i can hide slide, but .... oops can't jump to it from other slides?
For example , i have slide 1 with button  and slide 2.
I need come to slide 2 ONLY click slide 1 button. It's branching.
How can i to do it? 

Really? The playbar MUST be turned off?
I ask in jest, because in the example I cited (Where I said the store is a couple of blocks down the street and I didn't grab the hand and say "let me lead you to it") I said that one could create a variable, set the variable then create an Advanced Action to check the value of the variable and only allow entry to the slide if the variable contains a value that allows entry.
In that case I should not need to turn off the playbar, no? Because the only way I can view the slide is if the variable is set to the expected value. Any other attempt should navigate me to the slide beyond that slide.
Cheers... Rick
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