Industry Segment Operations (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 26, 2014 Segment	Oct. 28, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	4us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Corporate and unallocated costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deal costs and other acquisition related costs		$ 45

This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

-Paragraph 23

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21917927&loc=d3e1043-128460

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