Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2022	Jul. 31, 2021
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	$ 3,700,000	$ 48,500,000
Commercial Paper \| European
Short-term Debt
Available credit facilities	102,100,000	118,200,000
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Remaining borrowing capacity	102,100,000	118,200,000
Commercial Paper \| European \| Outstanding borrowings
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Commercial Paper \| European \| Other non-borrowing reductions
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Line of credit
Short-term Debt
Available credit facilities	297,300,000	336,600,000
Short-term borrowings	49,800,000	98,700,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	247,500,000	237,900,000
Line of credit \| Outstanding borrowings
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	3,700,000	48,500,000
Line of credit \| Other non-borrowing reductions
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	46,100,000	50,200,000
Line of credit \| U.S. Credit Facilities
Short-term Debt
Available credit facilities	100,000,000.0	100,000,000.0
Short-term borrowings	0	48,500,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	100,000,000.0	$ 51,500,000
Weighted average interest rate (percent)		0.96%
Line of credit \| U.S. Credit Facilities \| Outstanding borrowings
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	0	$ 48,500,000
Line of credit \| U.S. Credit Facilities \| Other non-borrowing reductions
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Line of credit \| European
Short-term Debt
Available credit facilities	42,400,000	54,300,000
Short-term borrowings	27,000,000.0	30,600,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	15,400,000	23,700,000
Line of credit \| European \| Outstanding borrowings
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	0	0
Line of credit \| European \| Other non-borrowing reductions
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	27,000,000.0	30,600,000
Line of credit \| Rest of the World
Short-term Debt
Available credit facilities	52,800,000	64,100,000
Short-term borrowings	22,800,000	19,600,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 30,000,000.0	44,500,000
Weighted average interest rate (percent)	0.37%
Line of credit \| Rest of the World \| Outstanding borrowings
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	$ 3,700,000	0
Line of credit \| Rest of the World \| Other non-borrowing reductions
Short-term Debt
Short-term borrowings	$ 19,100,000	$ 19,600,000

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