Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) Assets	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) Assets	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.8	$ (2.3)	$ 10.3	$ 7.0	$ 8.3
Gain (loss) disposition of assets	$ (18.6)	$ (0.7)	(14.5)	(9.2)	11.5
Timberland gains			0.0	24.3	17.1
Other Miscellaneous Losses
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net				(0.1)
Other Net Gains
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 0.8
Other Miscellaneous Equipment
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net					1.1
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets group held for sale (asset) | Assets	1		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 6.4	3.0
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net				4.4
Flexible Products & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets group held for sale (asset) | Assets	1		1
Flexible Products & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 1.3	(3.0)
Flexible Products & Services | Equipment
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net					1.1
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			1.6	$ 2.7	5.4
Paper Packaging And Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 0.2
Gain (loss) disposition of assets					$ 0.7