Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2018
Net revenue:
Financing income	$ 112	$ 111
Total net revenue	7,553	7,674
Costs and expenses:
Financing interest	73	68
Research and development	466	389
Selling, general and administrative	1,211	1,218
Amortization of intangible assets	72	78
Restructuring charges	0	5
Transformation costs	78	245
Acquisition, disposition and other related charges	63	30
Separation costs	0	(24)
Total costs and expenses	7,097	7,446
Earnings from continuing operations	456	228
Interest and other, net	(51)	(21)
Tax indemnification adjustments	219	(919)
Non-service net periodic benefit credit	16	33
Earnings from equity interests	15	22
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before taxes	655	(657)
(Provision) benefit for taxes	(478)	2,139
Net earnings from continuing operations	177	1,482
Net loss from discontinued operations	0	(46)
Net earnings	$ 177	$ 1,436
Basic
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.13	$ 0.93
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.03)
Total basic net earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	0.13	0.90
Diluted
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.13	0.92
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.03)
Total diluted net earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	0.13	0.89
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.1125	$ 0.15
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings (loss) per share:
Basic (in shares)	1,401	1,591
Diluted (in shares)	1,412	1,619
Products [Member]
Net revenue:
Total net revenue	$ 4,791	$ 4,860
Costs and expenses:
Cost of goods and services	3,369	3,595
Services [Member]
Net revenue:
Total net revenue	2,650	2,703
Costs and expenses:
Cost of goods and services	$ 1,765	$ 1,842