Sale of Non-United States Accounts Receivable - Company's Accounts Receivables Programs (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
European RPA
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	$ 620.3	$ 715.2	$ 1,006.4
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the programs	548.1	633.6	888.1
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	71.7	76.2	118.3
Loss associated with the programs	0.8	1.5	2.5
Expenses associated with the programs	0.0	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	106.7	114.8
Deferred purchase price asset (liability) related to accounts receivable sold	(0.4)	(1.5)
Singapore RPA
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	44.1	48.1	56.7
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the programs	36.4	48.1	56.7
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	7.1	0.0	0.0
Loss associated with the programs	0.0	0.1	0.0
Expenses associated with the programs	0.0	0.1	0.1
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	4.0	4.0
Uncollected deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	0.5	0.0
Total RPAs and Agreements
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Gross accounts receivable sold to third party financial institution	664.4	763.3	1,063.1
Cash received for accounts receivable sold under the programs	584.5	681.7	944.8
Deferred purchase price related to accounts receivable sold	78.8	76.2	118.3
Loss associated with the programs	0.8	1.6	2.5
Expenses associated with the programs	0.0	0.1	$ 0.1
Accounts receivable sold to and held by third party financial institution	110.7	118.8
Deferred purchase price asset (liability) related to accounts receivable sold	$ 0.1	$ (1.5)