Retiree Benefits - Fair Value Pension Plan Assets by Category (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 26, 2012	Oct. 28, 2011	Oct. 29, 2010
U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	$ 1,027,506	$ 833,849
Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	581,798	512,685
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	6,315	5,370
Equity Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets			21,291
Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		65,743	143,284
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,340		393
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	182,037	222,420	122,037
Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		1,283	46,146
Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	162,314
U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	158,095	171,575
U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	2,806	28,829
U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,096	2,429
Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	62,918	70,069
Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	6,705	87,936
Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	682	689
U.S. government bonds[Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	347,981	272,722
U.S. government bonds[Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		699
U.S. government bonds[Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		1,193
Non U.S. government bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	7,450	15,569
Non U.S. government bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	219,183	19,379
U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	363,978	247,664
U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	216	16,103
U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	2,397	977
Non-U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	64,819	33,495
Non-U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	184,316	315,515
Cash and cash equivalents[Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	22,412	19,629
Cash and cash equivalents[Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	6,542	42,068
Cash and cash equivalents[Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	140	82
Hedge Funds [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		1,283
Hedge Funds [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,598
Plan assets - other [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	(147)	1,843
Other Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		2,156
Insurance Linked Fund [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	8,885
Multi-Asset Fund [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	149,831
Other Non Us Countries [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	(284)
Level 1 [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	243,425	261,273
Level 1 [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	16,053	93,006
Level 1 [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,918	3,200
Level 1 [Member] | U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	158,095	171,575
Level 1 [Member] | U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	2,806	28,745
Level 1 [Member] | U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,096	2,429
Level 1 [Member] | Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	62,918	70,069
Level 1 [Member] | Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	6,705	22,193
Level 1 [Member] | Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	682	689
Level 1 [Member] | Cash and cash equivalents[Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	22,412	19,629
Level 1 [Member] | Cash and cash equivalents[Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	6,542	42,068
Level 1 [Member] | Cash and cash equivalents[Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	140	82
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	780,741	571,293
Level 2 [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	221,394	131,516
Level 2 [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	2,397	2,170
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		84
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. government bonds[Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	347,981	272,722
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. government bonds[Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		699
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. government bonds[Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		1,193
Level 2 [Member] | Non U.S. government bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	7,450	15,569
Level 2 [Member] | Non U.S. government bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	219,183	19,379
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	360,638	247,664
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		16,103
Level 2 [Member] | U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	2,397	977
Level 2 [Member] | Non-U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	64,819	33,495
Level 2 [Member] | Non-U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	2,495	93,095
Level 2 [Member] | Plan assets - other [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	(147)	1,843
Level 2 [Member] | Other Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		2,156
Level 2 [Member] | Other Non Us Countries [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	(284)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,340	1,283
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	344,351	288,163
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Non U.S. equities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		65,743
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,340
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	216
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Non-U.S. corporate bonds [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	181,821	222,420
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Hedge Funds [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets		1,283
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Hedge Funds [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	3,598
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Insurance Linked Fund [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	8,885
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Multi-Asset Fund [Member] | Other Plan Assets [Member] | Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Total Pension Plans assets	$ 149,831