The apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display control unit configured to display scanned image represented by scanned image data on a preview screen; a generation unit configured to generate information relating to the scanned image data by using the character string of the character string area selected via the preview screen; and a holding unit configured to hold selection information capable of specifying the selected character string area, and the display control unit determines a target that is displayed in a selected state of the character string areas extracted by the extraction unit based on the selection information relating to past scanned image data, which is held by the holding unit, and determines a display range of the scanned image so that all the target character string areas are included within the preview screen.