An apparatus for processing a sheet is made up of an embossing unit for embossing a Braille character string on the sheet in accordance with inputted information while feeding the sheet, a Braille embossing area setting unit for arbitrarily setting the position of the Braille embossing area in which to emboss the Braille character string on the sheet, and a control unit for controlling the embossing unit in accordance with a result of the setting made by the Braille embossing area setting unit.