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Debt and Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) ¥ in Billions			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2016 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2016 JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Dec. 28, 2016 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of ten-month floating rate term loans maturing in Oct 2016					2	2	2
Dollar denominated notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount	$ 5,600,000,000
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount	6,000,000,000
Aggregrate principal amount of existing notes outstanding	$ 380,900,000
Series of existing notes outstanding	17
Euro denominated notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount | €		€ 423,000,000
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount | €		€ 500,000,000
Aggregrate principal amount of existing notes outstanding | €									€ 77,400,000
Series of existing notes outstanding	1
4 billion USD floating rate term loan maturing in March 2020 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 4,000,000,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount			$ 135,000,000
One percent maturing in fiscal 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | €								€ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms				0.01
150 million USD revolving credit facility maturing in Mar 2018 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Lines of Credit				$ 0
Debt Instrument, Term				364 days
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 150,000,000
Two Point Three Five Five Percent Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount				$ 46,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms				0.02355
One Point Three Seven Five Percent Due in Two Thousand Twenty Five [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms				0.01375
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount | €								€ 15,000,000
Four point five percent maturing in fiscal 2047 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 500,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms				0.045
150 million USD revolving credit facility maturing in Feb 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Lines of Credit				$ 0
Debt Instrument, Term				364 days
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 150,000,000
250 million USD revolving credit facility maturing in Jan 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Lines of Credit				$ 0
Debt Instrument, Term				364 days
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 250,000,000
$35M revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Lines of Credit					$ 0
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount					$ 35,000,000
325 million USD floating rate term loans maturing in Oct 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term					10 months	10 months	10 months
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount					$ 325,000,000
$100M revolving credit facility
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Extinguishment of Debt, Amount					$ 100,000,000
100 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in November 2016 [Member] [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term					9 months	9 months	9 months
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount					$ 100,000,000
37 billion yen floating rate syndicated term loan maturing in June 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount | ¥							¥ 37
2.6% due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount					$ 400,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms					0.026	0.026	0.026
100 million euro floating rate term loan maturing in Dec 2017 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term					364 days	364 days	364 days
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | €						€ 100,000,000
100 million euro floating rate term loan maturing in Oct 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term					9 months	9 months	9 months
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount | €						€ 100,000,000

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