Borrowings (Details) - USD ($)		Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Notes Payable and Short-Term Borrowings
Current portion of long-term debt		$ 3,005,000,000	$ 2,772,000,000
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 3,850,000,000	$ 3,525,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt, weighted average interest rate (as a percent)		3.20%	1.70%
FS Commercial paper
Notes Payable and Short-Term Borrowings
Amount Outstanding		$ 401,000,000	$ 326,000,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate		(0.10%)	0.10%
Short term borrowings		$ 0	$ 0
Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other
Notes Payable and Short-Term Borrowings
Amount Outstanding		$ 444,000,000	$ 427,000,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate		1.80%	2.00%
Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other | Financial Services
Notes Payable and Short-Term Borrowings
Short term borrowings		$ 390,000,000	$ 381,000,000

[1] During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2015-03, which simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs by requiring debt issuance costs to be presented as a deduction from the corresponding debt liability rather than an asset that is amortized. The Company adopted the standard retrospectively for the prior period presented.