Information On Business Segments (Net Sales by Segment) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of business segments \| segment			3
Net sales	$ 498.8	$ 490.0	$ 904.6	$ 849.8
ACCO Brands North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	282.8	280.6	448.4	455.5
ACCO Brands EMEA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	140.5	128.5	295.0	225.0
ACCO Brands International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 75.5	$ 80.9	$ 161.2	$ 169.3

Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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