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Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule Of Weighted-Average Asset Allocations By Asset Category For The Pension Plans) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015
Equity Securities | U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	20.00%
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	50.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	55.00%	59.00%
Equity Securities | Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	30.00%
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	50.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	32.00%	30.00%
Debt Securities | U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	35.00%
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	60.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	36.00%	31.00%
Debt Securities | Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	40.00%
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	60.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	36.00%	42.00%
Real estate and Other securities | U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	10.00%
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	20.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	9.00%	10.00%
Real estate and Other securities | Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	10.00%
Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	30.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	32.00%	28.00%

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Target allocation maximum percentage of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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Target allocation minimum percentage of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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