An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured, in extracting an object from an input document, to generate object data including a word indicating a characteristic of the object and store the generated word in a storage area, a storage unit configured to store a table holding the word indicating a characteristic of the object associated with a degradation level, and a degradation unit configured, in performing output processing by reusing the object, to determine whether the word indicating a characteristic of the object to be reused is associated with the degradation level, and if it is determined that the word indicating the characteristic of the object is associated with the degradation level, to degrade the object according to the degradation level corresponding to the word indicating the characteristic of the object.