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Retirement Plans and Post-Retirement Benefits - Fair Value of Plan Assets (Details) - Pension Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions | Nov. 04, 2018 | Oct. 29, 2017 | Oct. 30, 2016
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Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | $ 1,394 | $ 1,426 | $ 1,050
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 55 | 950 |
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 1,339 | 476 |
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 36 | 943 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [1] | 36 | 943 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Equity Securities, Non-US [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 19 | 7 |
Equity Securities, Non-US [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [2] | 19 | 7 |
Equity Securities, Non-US [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Equity Securities, Non-US [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 80 | 39 |
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [3] | 80 | 39 |
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 1,229 | 393 |
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [3] | 1,229 | 393 |
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Asset-backed And Mortgage-backed Securities [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  |  | 1 |
Asset-backed And Mortgage-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  |  | 0 |
Asset-backed And Mortgage-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [3] |  | 1 |
Asset-backed And Mortgage-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  |  | 0 |
Municipal Bonds [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 17 | 25 |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [3] | 17 | 25 |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Government bonds [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 13 | 18 |
Government bonds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | 0 | 0 |
Government bonds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount | [3] | 13 | 18 |
Government bonds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Amount |  | $ 0 | $ 0 |
[1] | (a)Cash equivalents primarily included short-term investment funds which consisted of short-term money market instruments that were valued based on quoted prices in active markets.
[2] | (b)These equity securities were valued based on quoted prices in active markets.
[3] | (c)These amounts consisted of investments that were traded less frequently than Level 1 securities and were valued using inputs that included quoted prices for similar assets in active markets and inputs other than quoted prices that were observable for the asset, such as interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, collateral performance, broker/dealer quotes and indices that were observable at commonly quoted intervals.

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