Other Investments	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Other Investments	Other InvestmentsOther investments consist of interests in venture capital funds and other long-term investments. Investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting or cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer. For equity method investments, realized gains and losses are reflected in nonoperating (income) expense based upon the Company's ownership share of the investee's financial results. The Company recognized other-than-temporary impairments of $0.5 million and $6.6 million in fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019, respectively. These charges were recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income in Other, net, within Non-operating (income) expense.