An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit, a recognition unit, an extraction unit, and a processing unit. The reception unit receives drawing information which is information on a drawing operation by a user. The recognition unit recognizes whether or not a last part of the drawing operation is a gesture which the user designates a command, based on the drawing information. The extraction unit extracts a type of a figure drawn by the user before the user performs the gesture. The processing unit performs a process based on the extracted type of the figure.