Sale of Non-United States Accounts Receivable - Company's Accounts Receivables Programs (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
European RPA [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	$ 1,006.4	$ 1,071.3	$ 702.7
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	888.1	947.0	619.1
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	118.3	124.3	83.6
Loss associated with the program	2.5	2.5	1.9
Expenses associated with the program			1.9
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	164.7	179.0
Deferred purchase price asset (liability) related to accounts receivable sold	(23.7)	11.5
RPA and Italian RPA [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution			189.4
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program			167.7
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold			21.7
Loss associated with the program			1.6
Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	0	0
Singapore RPA [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	55.9	70.5	73.8
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	55.9	70.5	73.8
Expenses associated with the program	0.1	0.2	0.2
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	5.0	4.4
Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	0	0
Malaysian Agreement [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	0.8	22.9	24.2
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	0.8	22.9	24.2
Loss associated with the program		0.2	0.1
Expenses associated with the program		0.1	0.1
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution		4.5
Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	0	0
Total RPAs and Agreement [Member]
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	1,063.1	1,164.7	990.1
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the program	944.8	1,040.4	884.8
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	118.3	124.3	105.3
Loss associated with the program	2.5	2.7	3.6
Expenses associated with the program	0.1	0.3	2.2
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	169.7	187.9
Deferred purchase price asset (liability) related to accounts receivable sold	$ (23.7)	$ 11.5