Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Products net sales	$ 2,178.3	$ 2,171.2	$ 6,443.0	$ 6,557.4
Services net sales	436.6	337.6	1,282.0	1,004.9
Total net sales	2,614.9	2,508.8	7,725.0	7,562.3
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,709.7	1,691.9	5,019.7	5,084.4
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	334.8	243.9	978.4	730.3
Total cost of sales	2,044.5	1,935.8	5,998.1	5,814.7
Products gross profit	468.6	479.3	1,423.3	1,473.0
Services gross profit	101.8	93.7	303.6	274.6
Total gross profit	570.4	573.0	1,726.9	1,747.6
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	291.4	253.4	867.8	812.8
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 6)	38.1	13.9	80.6	97.9
Depreciation and amortization	106.3	119.0	330.9	364.9
Income from operations	134.6	186.7	447.6	472.0
Interest expense-net	65.6	63.7	193.9	188.0
Investment and other (income) expense-net	(0.3)	(0.4)	9.2	3.2
Loss on debt extinguishment	46.3		81.9	12.1
Earnings before income taxes	23.0	123.4	162.6	268.7
Income tax expense	5.0	52.2	52.8	70.6
Net earnings	18.0	71.2	109.8	198.1
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	3.3	(0.2)	2.6	0.5
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 14.7	$ 71.4	$ 107.2	$ 197.6
Net earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 10):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.08	$ 0.39	$ 0.59	$ 1.10
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.08	$ 0.39	$ 0.58	$ 1.09
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.78	$ 0.78
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	182.3	180.8	181.8	180.3
Diluted	183.9	182.4	183.3	182.1