Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014 U.S. and APAC [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 EMEA [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Fair Value [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum cash borrowings and letters of credit		$ 272,000,000
Direct borrowings		68,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding		56,000,000
Amount of availability of remaining borrowings		92,000,000
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit	1,963,000		53,000,000	56,000,000
Notes payable		17,000,000
Notes payable, due in next twelve months		16,000,000
Lines of credit and long-term debt fair value					937,000,000
Lines of credit and long-term debt carrying value					$ 865,000,000