An information processing system has a memory to store information, a display device such as an LCD to display the information, as an image, stored in the memory, and a pattern input device such as a transparent tablet having a position coordinates system corresponding to the display screen of the display device, for inputting a figure pattern to designate the image displayed on the display screen. A recognizing circuit recognizes a shape of the figure pattern input from position coordinates of the figure pattern input by the pattern input means, and a CPU fetches the image, as information, displayed in an area on the display screen of the display device corresponding to the area enclosed in the figure pattern whose shape is recognized by the recognizing circuit, and for performing information processes. An an image data memory stores the information fetched by the CPU. With this system, the information on the display screen designated by the pointing device can be stored into an arbitrary memory. A range of the information, a memory to store the information, and a storage form can be easily designated.