Sale of Non-United States Accounts Receivable - Company's Accounts Receivables Programs (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
European RPA [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	$ 195.2	$ 281.8	$ 386.7	$ 525.3
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	173.0	248.4	342.4	463.8
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	22.2	33.4	44.3	61.5
Loss associated with the program	0.4	0.6	0.9	1.3
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	125.1		125.1		164.7
Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	0.6		0.6
Deferred purchase price liability related to accounts receivable sold					(23.7)
Other Receivables Purchase Agreement [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	12.8	15.1	24.4	30.8
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	12.8	15.1	24.4	30.8
Expenses associated with the program				0.1
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	5.5		5.5		5.0
Total RPAs [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	208.0	296.9	411.1	556.1
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	185.8	263.5	366.8	494.6
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	22.2	33.4	44.3	61.5
Loss associated with the program	0.4	0.6	0.9	1.3
Expenses associated with the program				0.1
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	130.6		130.6		169.7
Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	0.6		0.6
Deferred purchase price liability related to accounts receivable sold					$ (23.7)

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Deferred purchase price asset liability related to accounts receivable sold.

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Expenses associated with accounts receivable.

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Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution.

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Proceeds from sale and collection of receivables from third party.

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Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold.

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Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=13989330&loc=d3e107425-111719

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