Guarantees And Commitments (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011 Maxxium Espana S.L. [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Maxxium Espana S.L. [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 Denview Ltd. [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Denview Ltd. [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 Maxxium Cyprus Ltd. [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Maxxium Cyprus Ltd. [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 Beam Global Spirits And Wine Inc. [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Beam Global Spirits And Wine Inc. [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 ACCO World Corporation [Member] USD ($)
Percent guarantee of credit facilities	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Termination date of lease guarantee									April 2013
Percent joint venture share							50.00%	50.00%
Guarantor obligations, current carrying value	$ 13.1	€ 9.0	$ 13.1	€ 9.0	$ 5.8	€ 4.0	$ 21.8	€ 15.0	$ 12.9

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 5
-Paragraph 9
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)
-Number 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph c
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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.

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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