Override navigation buttons for branching slides?

Hello,
I'm developing a lesson in Captivate 5.5 that uses a navigation bar throughout (forward/back arrows, progress bar, etc.); however, I created a branching activity in which I don't want users to be able to navigate using the forward/back arrows. Is it possible to override the navigation bar on individual slides, or is there an Advanced Action that I can create in order to accomplish this?
The issue is that the activity is branching, but not locked; in other words, learners can get halfway into the activity and decide to jump out and continue on with the lesson. If they do this, when they click the forward arrow they'll have to view all remaining slides in the activity before reaching the true "next" slide in the lesson. I've created custom "continue with lesson" buttons, but the issue with the forward/back button being active still remains...
Any thoughts are much appreciated!

Hello,
Is this on of the Captivate playbars? There is a system variable cpCmndShowPlaybar. Its default value = 1, which means the playbar is visible. You can set it to 0 on entering the slide where it should be hidden, and again set it to 1 where to display. No need for an advanced action, this system variable is available in the dropdown list in the Action accordion of the Slide properties. Choose Assign as action for On Enter, then from the dropdown list select the system variable
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