Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings		$ 267	$ 267
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		840	989
Stock-based compensation expense		145	165
Provision for doubtful accounts		(8)	6
Provision for inventory		15	33
Restructuring charges		177	311
Deferred taxes on earnings		(125)	245
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation		(74)	(2)
Loss from equity interests		22	0
Other, net		125	44
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		466	612
Financing receivables		126	60
Inventory		(132)	(182)
Accounts payable		(231)	(788)
Taxes on earnings		(22)	(440)
Restructuring		(326)	(285)
Other assets and liabilities	[1]	(2,729)	(1,110)
Net cash used in operating activities		(1,464)	(75)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment in property, plant and equipment		(923)	(832)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		84	76
Purchases of available-for-sale securities and other investments		(7)	(144)
Maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities and other investments		1	143
Payments made in connection with business acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(292)	0
(Payments) proceeds from business divestitures, net	[2]	(20)	65
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,157)	(692)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Short-term borrowings with original maturities less than 90 days, net		24	2
Issuance of debt		248	300
Payment of debt		(262)	(109)
Settlement of cash flow hedge		0	(8)
Issuance of common stock under employee stock plans		158	4
Repurchase of common stock		(641)	(1,197)
Net transfer from former Parent		0	532
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation		74	2
Cash dividends paid		(109)	(96)
Net cash used in financing activities		(508)	(570)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(3,129)	(1,337)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		12,987	9,842
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		9,858	$ 8,505
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans
Contributions to benefit plans		$ 1,943

[1] Includes $1.9 billion of funding payments made in the three months ended January 31, 2017 related to pension liabilities in association with the spin-off and merger of Everett SpinCo, Inc. with Computer Sciences Corporation.

[2] Primarily relates to a H3C working capital adjustment payment in the three months ended January 31, 2017.