Industry Segment Operations (Details 3) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2012	Oct. 30, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Reconciliation of capital expenditures to applied's consolidated totals
Capital expenditures	$ 162	$ 209	$ 169
Operating Segments [Member]
Reconciliation of capital expenditures to applied's consolidated totals
Capital expenditures	86	113	90
Unallocated Amount to Segment [Member]
Reconciliation of capital expenditures to applied's consolidated totals
Capital expenditures	$ 76	$ 96	$ 79

Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets of the reportable segment; if the amount: (a) is included in the determination of segment assets reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) is otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in the determination of segment assets.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph b

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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