Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Net sales
Products	$ 2,356.9	$ 2,157.4	$ 4,623.3	$ 4,328.3
Services	266.5	251.2	583.6	495.4
Total net sales	2,623.4	2,408.6	5,206.9	4,823.7
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	1,777.2	1,636.1	3,504.0	3,296.9
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	204.4	183.5	433.8	364.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	309.3	268.2	636.2	541.7
Restructuring and impairment charges-net (Note 6)	75.7	10.7	126.5	26.2
Depreciation and amortization	140.7	134.8	280.9	273.4
Total operating expenses	2,507.3	2,233.3	4,981.4	4,502.6
Income from operations	116.1	175.3	225.5	321.1
Interest expense-net	61.3	52.8	119.2	108.5
Investment and other income (expense)-net	10.0	(0.8)	9.8	(9.8)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(68.6)		(68.6)
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(3.8)	121.7	47.5	202.8
Income tax expense (benefit)	(16.3)	32.2	0.7	64.6
Net earnings	12.5	89.5	46.8	138.2
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.3	0.7	0.7	(3.2)
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 12.2	$ 88.8	$ 46.1	$ 141.4
Earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 10):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.06	$ 0.43	$ 0.23	$ 0.69
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.06	$ 0.42	$ 0.23	$ 0.68
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.52	$ 0.52
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (Note 10):
Basic	196.7	206.3	201.9	206.0
Diluted	199.5	209.9	204.5	209.4