Abstract: An image processing apparatus that handles images having annotations added to partial regions set within them permits efficient operation by permitting the output of, among the annotations, only those selected by the user. A personal computer sets a preview display region and an annotation selection region in a print preview window, and displays an image in the preview display region and annotations in the annotation selection region. When any of the annotations displayed in the annotation selection region is selected, this annotation is added to what is being displayed in the preview display region. When the image is printed, only the annotations displayed in the preview display region are outputted to the printer.