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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, 2018 USD ($) asset_group | Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset_group | Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $ (1.9) | $ (3.5) | $ 5.6 | $ 0.4 | $ 10.3
Other Miscellaneous Losses |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  |  | 0.8
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group | 2 |  | 2 |  |
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Held For Sale Asset Group Reclassified To Held And Used |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  | (2.7) |
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Assets Held for Sale |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ 3.3 | (0.2) | 6.4
Flexible Products & Services |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Flexible Products & Services | Assets Held for Sale |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  | 0.9 | 1.3
Land Management |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  | $ 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.6
Paper Packaging And Services |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Paper Packaging And Services | Assets Held for Sale |  |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net |  |  |  | $ (0.1) | $ 0.2

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