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Schedule of Goodwill by Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Dec. 27, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Balance as of December 27, 2014 | $ 391 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Goodwill |  | 1,649 us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Additions | 6 us-gaap_GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease |
Accumulated impairment losses |  | (1,258)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Balance as of March 28, 2015 | 397 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Balance | 397 us-gaap_Goodwill |
North American Retail Division |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Balance as of December 27, 2014 |  | 78 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember
Goodwill |  | 80 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember
Accumulated impairment losses |  | (2)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember
Balance as of March 28, 2015 | 78 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember | 78 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember
Balance | 78 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember | 78 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanRetailDivisionMember
North American Business Solutions Division |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Balance as of December 27, 2014 | 298 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanBusinessSolutionsDivisionMember |
Goodwill |  | 647 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanBusinessSolutionsDivisionMember
Additions | 6 us-gaap_GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanBusinessSolutionsDivisionMember |
Accumulated impairment losses |  | (349)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanBusinessSolutionsDivisionMember
Balance as of March 28, 2015 | 304 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanBusinessSolutionsDivisionMember |
Balance | 304 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_NorthAmericanBusinessSolutionsDivisionMember |
International Division |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Balance as of December 27, 2014 |  | 15 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember
Goodwill |  | 922 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember
Accumulated impairment losses |  | (907)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember
Balance as of March 28, 2015 | 15 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember | 15 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember
Balance | $ 15 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember | $ 15 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = odp_InternationalDivisionMember

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