Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Short-term borrowings	$ 337	$ 271
Long-term debt	2,011	1,293
Currency derivatives [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	6	10
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Short-term borrowings	337	271
Long-term debt	2,011	1,293
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Currency derivatives [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Assets, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	50	19
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	6	10
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Long-term debt	0	0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Currency derivatives [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Assets, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	0	0
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	0	0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Short-term borrowings	337	271
Long-term debt	2,011	1,293
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Currency derivatives [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Assets, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	50	19
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	6	10
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Long-term debt	0	0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Currency derivatives [Member]
Financial Instruments, Financial Assets, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	0	0
Financial Instruments, Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Currency derivatives	$ 0	$ 0