Abstract: A display and operating unit for a machine in the tobacco-processing industry includes a visual display unit for the display of a graphic user interface consisting of a plurality of screen displays, and a computer which is designed to generate the graphic user interface by means of a computer program, essentially all the screen displays having at least the following regions: an operating region that can be operated by the operator for the display of a plurality of different operating-region displays that can be selected by the operator, with machine- and/or product-related display and operating elements; and a message region for the display of machine- or product-related stop and warning messages. The screen displays have at least one further region which includes machine- and/or product-related display and/or operating elements concerning the production mode, display of the further region being independent of the respectively selected operating-region display of the operating region.

Abstract: A display and operating system for a machine in the tobacco-processing industry includes a visual display unit for the display of screen displays, and a data processing unit which is programmed to generate the screen displays and output them to the visual display unit as well as to store actions that can be performed by an operator. Each stored action is assigned an action screen display, and a sequential display of action screen displays is activatable. For every stored action in the data processing unit, it can be stored variably whether this action is necessary, the display sequence including all action screen displays stored as necessary. The subject of the application is also a corresponding display and operating method.