Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 asset_group
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 1.5	$ 1.8	$ 6.1	$ 2.8
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	3		3		2
Gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 1.1	0.3	$ 4.5	0.9
Paper Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.4	$ 1.5	$ 1.6	$ 1.9