Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Option Awards (Details) - $ / shares	9 Months Ended
Jul. 29, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Employee Stock Option Awards \| Executive officers
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Term of award	10 years
Employee Stock Option Awards \| Executive officers \| Graded vesting
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting (as a percent)	33.333%
Award vesting period	3 years
Employee Stock Option Awards \| Other employees
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Term of award	10 years
Employee Stock Option Awards \| Other employees \| Graded vesting
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting (as a percent)	33.333%
Award vesting period	3 years
Employee Stock Option Awards \| Certain employees
Stock-Based Compensation
Term of award	10 years
Employee Stock Option Awards \| Certain employees \| Cliff vesting
Stock-Based Compensation
Award vesting period	3 years
Stock Option Awards
Assumptions for options granted
Expected life of option	5 years 11 months 19 days	5 years 11 months 9 days
Expected stock price volatility (as a percent)	24.04%	29.67%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	1.80%	1.61%
Expected dividend yield (as a percent)	1.24%	1.29%
Grant date per share weighted average fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 17.58	$ 16.81
Stock Option Awards \| Non-employee members of Board of Directors
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Term of award	10 years
Requisite service period for non-employee director after which fair value of options granted is fully expensed on the date of grant	10 years
Stock Option Awards \| Non-employee members of Board of Directors \| Graded vesting
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting (as a percent)	33.333%
Award vesting period	3 years

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Represents the requisite service period for non-employee director after which fair value of options granted is fully expensed on the date of grant.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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