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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Recurring Fair Value Measurements (Detail) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Foreign exchange hedges/Insurance annuity	$ 20.2	$ 22.8
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Insurance Annuity [Member] | Other Long-Term Assets [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Foreign exchange hedges/Insurance annuity	20.1	22.6
Level 3 [Member] | Insurance Annuity [Member] | Other Long-Term Assets [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]

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Fair values as of the balance sheet date of the net amount of all assets and liabilities resulting from contracts that meet the criteria of being accounted for as derivative instruments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6945355&loc=d3e41228-113958

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