Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016
Net revenue:
Products		$ 4,246	$ 5,010
Services		7,068	7,626
Financing income		93	88
Total net revenue		11,407	12,724
Costs and expenses:
Cost of products		2,838	3,312
Cost of services		5,204	5,742
Financing interest		66	58
Research and development		485	585
Selling, general and administrative		1,759	1,998
Amortization of intangible assets		101	218
Restructuring charges		177	311
Acquisition and other related charges		44	37
Separation costs		276	79
Defined benefit plan settlement charges and remeasurement benefit	[1]	(6)	0
Total costs and expenses		10,944	12,340
Earnings from operations		463	384
Interest and other, net		(78)	(80)
Tax indemnification adjustments		(18)	15
Loss from equity interests		(22)	0
Earnings before taxes		345	319
Provision for taxes		(78)	(52)
Net earnings		$ 267	$ 267
Net earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.16	$ 0.15
Diluted (in dollars per share)		0.16	0.15
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.13	$ 0.11
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings per share:
Basic (in shares)		1,669	1,761
Diluted (in shares)		1,700	1,778

[1] Represents adjustment to net periodic pension cost resulting from remeasurements of certain Hewlett Packard Enterprise pension plans due to plan separations in anticipation of the spin-off and merger of Everett SpinCo, Inc. with Computer Sciences Corporation.