Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details)		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) Derivative	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) Derivative	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Mar. 06, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Interest rate derivatives, term				5 years
Realized gains (losses) on interest rate derivatives related to statement of operations				$ 3,000,000.0	$ (1,800,000)
Losses recorded under fair value contracts				4,600,000	(9,200,000)	$ (1,800,000)
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency derivatives, net, before tax				700,000	1,900,000	(500,000)
Interest income (expense), net				(112,500,000)	(51,000,000.0)	(60,100,000)
Total		$ 5,700,000	$ 4,200,000	7,800,000	8,300,000	20,800,000
Long-lived assets, carrying value		5,900,000	10,700,000	5,900,000	10,700,000	3,800,000
Long-lived assets, fair value		$ 200,000	3,100,000	200,000	3,100,000				$ 1,600,000
Recognized asset impairment charges					7,600,000	2,200,000
Goodwill allocated to businesses classified as held for sale				2,100,000	700,000
Impairment of assets held for sale						5,600,000
Goodwill impairment charge				0	0	$ 13,000,000.0
Assets Held And Used
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Asset groups classified as held and used (asset group) | asset_group						1
Recognized amount of additional impairment related to assets and liabilities held for sale						$ 0
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges				600,000	7,600,000	1,900,000
Goodwill impairment charge				0	0
Paper Packaging & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges				5,100,000
Flexible Products & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges						300,000
Goodwill impairment charge				$ 0	0
Interest Rate Swap | Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Number of interest rate derivatives held | Derivative		6		6
Derivative notional amount		$ 1,300,000,000.0		$ 1,300,000,000.0
Derivative future amortization amount		200,000,000.0		200,000,000.0
Outstanding notional		1,000,000,000.0		1,000,000,000.0
Amount of debt						300,000,000.0		$ 300,000,000.0
Interest rate on debt								1.19%
Derivative loss				8,100,000
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount		275,000,000.0	194,400,000	275,000,000.0	194,400,000
Cross currency swap
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount							$ 100,000,000.0
Derivative, interest rate							2.35%
Interest income (expense), net				2,400,000	1,600,000
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair value, assets and liabilities		0	2,200,000	0	2,200,000	63,600,000
Reported Value Measurement
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair value, assets and liabilities		$ 2,100,000	$ 2,900,000	$ 2,100,000	$ 2,900,000	$ 69,200,000
Latin America | Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charge	$ 13,000,000.0
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Interest Rate Swap | Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		2.49%		2.49%