Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Net sales
Products	$ 2,364.9	$ 2,213.8	$ 6,988.2	$ 6,542.1
Services	318.4	274.3	902.0	769.7
Total net sales	2,683.3	2,488.1	7,890.2	7,311.8
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	1,830.4	1,694.1	5,334.4	4,991.0
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	225.9	204.6	659.7	569.0
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	296.9	261.7	933.1	803.4
Restructuring and impairment charges-net (Note 6)	34.2	48.7	160.7	74.9
Depreciation and amortization	139.1	130.3	420.0	403.7
Total operating expenses	2,526.5	2,339.4	7,507.9	6,842.0
Income from operations	156.8	148.7	382.3	469.8
Interest expense-net	62.9	57.6	182.1	166.1
Investment and other income (expense)-net	1.3	0.7	11.1	(9.1)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(1.3)		(69.9)
Earnings before income taxes	93.9	91.8	141.4	294.6
Income tax expense (benefit)	(64.8)	39.0	(64.1)	103.6
Net earnings	158.7	52.8	205.5	191.0
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.7	(0.5)	1.4	(3.7)
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 158.0	$ 53.3	$ 204.1	$ 194.7
Earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 10):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.84	$ 0.26	$ 1.03	$ 0.94
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.83	$ 0.25	$ 1.02	$ 0.93
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.78	$ 0.78
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (Note 10):
Basic	188.1	206.3	197.2	206.1
Diluted	190.8	209.9	199.8	209.6