Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended								0 Months Ended
	Sep. 12, 2013	Jan. 12, 2011	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	May 31, 2012 Minimum [Member]	May 31, 2012 Maximum [Member]	May 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facilities [Member]	Sep. 12, 2013 Term Loan Facility [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 European Credit Facility [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 European Credit Facility [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Non Guaranteed Euro Denominated Italian Overdraft Facility [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Non Guaranteed Euro Denominated Italian Overdraft Facility [Member]	Sep. 12, 2013 Eurodollar [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member]	Sep. 12, 2013 Federal Funds Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 JAPAN Asian Pacific Credit Facilities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 JAPAN Asian Pacific Credit Facilities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Asia Pacific [Member] Asian Pacific Credit Facilities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Asia Pacific [Member] Asian Pacific Credit Facilities [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, initiation date		Jan. 12, 2011
Aggregate principal amount of credit facilities									$ 1,000,000,000		$ 37,300,000	$ 35,800,000	$ 500,000	$ 500,000			$ 73,900,000	$ 31,300,000	$ 12,200,000	$ 12,500,000
Additional borrowings									500,000,000
Expiration date									May 31, 2017
Commitment fee percentage							0.10%	0.275%
Line of credit facility interest rate margin on base rate loans percentage							0.00%	0.75%		0.00%
Line of credit facility interest rate margin on foreign currency loans percentage							1.00%	1.75%		0.75%
Required minimum interest coverage ratio				3.00
Required maximum total leverage ratio				3.75
Debt instrument, covenant description				Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, we are also required to maintain specified financial ratios: The ratio of Consolidated Proforma EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense (as defined, Interest Coverage Ratio) be at least 3.00 to 1.00 at all times. The ratio of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to Consolidated Proforma EBITDA (as defined, Total Leverage Ratio) be no higher than 3.75 to 1.00.
Debt instrument, covenant compliance				At October 31, 2013, we were in compliance with the Interest Coverage Ratio at 54.29 to 1.00 and the Total Leverage Ratio at 0.69 to 1.00.
Interest Coverage Ratio				54.29
Total Leverage Ratio				0.69
Amount available under the credit agreement				999,800,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt				0	1,404,000	16,487,000
Existing debt issuance costs			6,000,000		6,000,000
Debt issuance costs incurred to refinance Credit Agreement			1,300,000
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date										Sep. 12, 2013
Term Loan			0	300,000,000	0					300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date										Sep. 12, 2018
Amortization Of Term Loan Principal										5.00%
Debt Instrument, Date of First Required Payment	Oct. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate															1.00%	0.50%
Amount of credit facility utilized											1,300,000		0				39,400,000		1,900,000
Weighted average interest rate on outstanding balances											1.50%						0.60%		5.70%
Aggregate outstanding amount of letters of credit				$ 3,000,000