1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a touch panel; and a display, wherein the processor receives input of touch coordinates through the touch panel, the processor determines, as a selected region, a character region from among a plurality of character regions in units of a predetermined number of characters on a screen that is currently displayed on the display and includes characters in a plurality of rows, the character region overlapping a touch track that is obtained by connecting the touch coordinates in order of inputting and continues in a plurality of rows, and the processor performs a predetermined process on the selected region.