Restructuring, Impairment and Other Charges - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 Employee	Dec. 31, 2012 Employee	Dec. 31, 2011 Employee
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and impairment charges	$ 133.5	$ 1,118.5	$ 667.8
Number of employees used to determine employee termination costs	1,382	2,200	2,899
Number of employees who were terminated as of date	1,363
Other Restructuring Charges	33.8	25.3	59.6
Impairment of intangible assets	3.3	158.0	90.7
Employee Terminations	40.4	66.6	76.7
Impairment Charges	20.9	1,026.6	531.5
Goodwill impairment charges		848.4	392.3
Other Restructuring Charges	38.4
Current restructuring reserve (included in accrued liabilities)	32.3	35.8
Noncurrent restructuring reserve (included in noncurrent liabilities)	45.3	42.7
Previous Organization Structure | Books And Directories
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		318.7
Previous Organization Structure | Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		461.7
Previous Organization Structure | Latin America
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			59.8
Previous Organization Structure | Commercial
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			170.4
Previous Organization Structure | Canada
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			62.2
Previous Organization Structure | Europe
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		68.0
International
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and impairment charges	18.9	65.7	143.1
Other Restructuring Charges	3.6	4.0	5.3
Employee Terminations	14.3	11.0	18.1
Number of manufacturing facilities closed		1
Impairment Charges	1.0	50.7	119.7
Goodwill impairment charges		44.9
Other Restructuring Charges
International | Previous Organization Structure | Canada And Latin America
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			116.0
International | Previous Organization Structure | Europe
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		44.9
Publishing And Retail Services Segment
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		150.1
Number of manufacturing facilities closed	2	2	4
Goodwill impairment charges		669.9
Publishing And Retail Services Segment | Previous Organization Structure | Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		365.8
Publishing And Retail Services Segment | Previous Organization Structure | Books
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		304.1
Variable Print
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and impairment charges	15.6	29.6	387.7
Other Restructuring Charges	12.5	5.6	13.6
Impairment of intangible assets		1.4
Employee Terminations	2.2	14.2	8.3
Number of manufacturing facilities closed	1	3	1
Impairment Charges	0.9	9.8	365.8
Goodwill impairment charges		3.7
Other Restructuring Charges
Variable Print | Previous Organization Structure | Books
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		3.7
Variable Print | Previous Organization Structure | Commercial
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			167.5
Variable Print | Previous Organization Structure | Forms And Labels
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets			89.7
Goodwill impairment charges			99.9
Strategic Services segment
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		0.8	1.0
Strategic Services segment | Previous Organization Structure | Books And Directories
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		10.9
Strategic Services segment | Previous Organization Structure | Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		95.9
Strategic Services segment | Previous Organization Structure | Europe
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges		23.1
Strategic Services
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and impairment charges	19.2	146.6	71.9
Other Restructuring Charges	2.0	6.0	27.1
Employee Terminations	2.8	7.7	20.2
Impairment Charges	6.3	132.9	24.6
Goodwill impairment charges		129.9
Other Restructuring Charges	8.1
Strategic Services | Previous Organization Structure | Commercial
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			2.9
Strategic Services | Previous Organization Structure | Canada And Latin America
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charges			6.0
Customer Relationships | Previous Organization Structure | Books And Directories
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		123.8
Customer Relationships | Previous Organization Structure | Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		28.5
Customer Relationships | Previous Organization Structure | Latin America
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		5.7
Customer Relationships | International | Previous Organization Structure | Latin America
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		5.7
Customer Relationships | Publishing And Retail Services Segment | Previous Organization Structure | Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		28.2
Customer Relationships | Publishing And Retail Services Segment | Previous Organization Structure | Books
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		121.9
Customer Relationships | Variable Print | Previous Organization Structure | Books And Directories
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		1.4
Customer Relationships | Strategic Services segment | Previous Organization Structure | Books And Directories
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		0.5
Customer Relationships | Strategic Services segment | Previous Organization Structure | Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		0.3
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal obligations
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Other Restructuring Charges	14.7		15.1
Other Restructuring Charges	38.4
Other Long Lived Assets
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	$ 17.6	$ 20.2	$ 48.5