Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this --"
Doctor: "Then don't do it!"
If you don't want a full annotation, then don't tell it to do a full annotation!
(Didn't know you were telling it that? Well, you know how that goes...
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Part numbering is fixed, unless you specifically command a re-ordering, or reset designators (which then obviously need to be assigned to something). Sub-part indexes will be reassigned if the parts are tagged as such, or left if not (Lock Part ID).
If you don't want parts moving around, go to SCH Filter, enter the query "IsPart", filter, go to SCH Inspector, and tick "Lock Part ID".
Tim