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Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) Assets | Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) Assets | Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of assets group held for sale | Assets | 2 |  | 2 |  |
Number of previously classified assets group held and used | Assets | 2 |  | 2 |  |
Number of assets group added and sold | Assets | 2 |  | 2 |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $ (2.3) | $ 2.8 | $ 7.0 | $ 8.3 | $ 5.6
Gain (loss) disposition of assets | $ (0.7) | $ 21.2 | (9.2) | 11.5 |
Timberland gains |  |  | 24.3 | 17.1 | 17.3
Other Miscellaneous Losses [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ (0.1) |  |
Equipment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  |  | (0.9)
Other Miscellaneous Equipment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  | 1.1 | 0.8
Land [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  |  | 0.8
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of assets group held for sale | Assets | 4 |  | 4 |  |
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member] | Insurance Recoveries [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ 3.0 |  |
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member] | Assets Held-for-sale [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) disposition of assets |  |  |  |  | 0.6
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member] | Assets Held for Sale [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ 4.4 |  |
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member] | Equipment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  |  | 2.5
Flexible Products & Services [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of assets group held for sale | Assets | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Number of assets group added and sold | Assets | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Flexible Products & Services [Member] | Assets Held for Sale [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ (3.0) |  |
Flexible Products & Services [Member] | Equipment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Land Management [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ 2.7 | 5.4 | 1.2
Paper Packaging [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of assets group added and sold | Assets | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Paper Packaging [Member] | Equipment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  |  | $ 0.6
Gain (loss) disposition of assets |  |  |  | $ 0.7 |

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