Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($) Derivative	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) Derivative	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($) Derivative	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) Derivative asset_group	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 15, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 06, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)
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			$ (16,500,000)	$ 3,000,000.0	$ 1,800,000
Losses recorded under fair value contracts			(3,200,000)	4,600,000	(9,200,000)
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency derivatives, net, before tax			(100,000)	700,000	1,900,000
Interest income (expense), net			(115,800,000)	(112,500,000)	(51,000,000.0)
Total	$ 1,600,000	$ 5,700,000	18,500,000	7,800,000	8,300,000
Long-lived assets	36,400,000	5,900,000	36,400,000	5,900,000	10,700,000
Long-lived assets, fair value	17,900,000	200,000	17,900,000	200,000	3,100,000
Impairment of Long Lived Assets			18,500,000	5,700,000	7,600,000
Goodwill allocated to businesses classified as held for sale				2,100,000
Impairment of assets held for sale					700,000
Goodwill impairment charge			0	0	0
Goodwill	1,518,400,000	1,517,800,000	1,518,400,000	1,517,800,000	$ 776,000,000.0
Assets Held And Used
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Asset groups classified as held and used (asset group) | asset_group					1
2020 Divestiture
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Goodwill	35,600,000		35,600,000
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Impairment of Long Lived Assets			900,000
Goodwill	$ 750,500,000	$ 731,700,000	750,500,000	$ 731,700,000	$ 716,500,000
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Asset And Liability Group Held-for-sale [Member]
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 | Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Impairment of Long Lived Assets			4,200,000	$ 600,000	7,600,000
Paper Packaging & Services | Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Impairment of Long Lived Assets			12,500,000	$ 5,100,000
Flexible Products & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Impairment of Long Lived Assets			$ 900,000
Interest Rate Swap | Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Number of interest rate derivatives held | Derivative	4	6	4	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	600,000,000.0		600,000,000.0
Amount of debt					300,000,000.0			$ 300,000,000.0
Interest rate on debt								1.19%
Derivative loss			17,700,000
Interest Rate Swap | Cash Flow Hedging | Scenario, Forecast
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount						$ 200,000,000.0
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 268,600,000	$ 275,000,000.0	268,600,000	$ 275,000,000.0
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	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		0	2,200,000
Reported Value Measurement
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair value, assets and liabilities		$ 2,100,000		$ 2,100,000	$ 2,900,000
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%
Weighted average interest rate on the Prior Credit Agreement	2.49%		2.49%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Interest Rate Swap | Cash Flow Hedging | Scenario, Forecast
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate						0.90%
Weighted average interest rate on the Prior Credit Agreement						0.90%