1. An information processing apparatus capable of executing editing on a plurality of drawing objects, the apparatus including: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to control at least: a designating unit configured to designate a selection range; a determining unit configured to determine, for each of drawing objects included in the selection range designated by the designating unit, whether the drawing object is laid out on a rear side of one or more other drawing objects, based on an overlapped state of the drawing objects; and a deciding unit configured to decide whether the drawing object determined by the determining unit to be laid out on the rear side of the other objects is to be a selection target based on an actual drawing area for each of the drawing objects.