Net Assets Held For Sale (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2012 Location	Jul. 31, 2012 Location	Jul. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2011 Location
Net Assets Held For Sale (Textual) [Abstract]
Gain on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.6	$ 6.4	$ 14.1
Gain on sales of other miscellaneous equipment	2.7	0.9
Net Assets Held For Sale (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Number of locations with assets held for sale	2	2		3
Number of locations sold		1
Number of locations reclassified to properties, plants and equipment		4
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member]
Net Assets Held For Sale (Textual) [Abstract]
Gain on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	3.3	0.6
Number of locations placed back in service		4
Paper Packaging [Member]
Net Assets Held For Sale (Textual) [Abstract]
Gain on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		0.5
Land Management [Member] | Higher and better use (HBU) and surplus properties [Member]
Net Assets Held For Sale (Textual) [Abstract]
Gain on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		3.2
Land Management [Member] | Development properties [Member]
Net Assets Held For Sale (Textual) [Abstract]
Gain on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		$ 1.2