Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block]

	Location in Consolidated Statements of Operations	Three Months Ended January 31,
(in millions)		2015		2014
Cross currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	$	2	$	1
Interest rate caps	Interest expense	—		(1		)
Foreign currency contracts	Other (income) expense, net	1		—
Commodity forward contracts	Costs of products sold	10		—
Total loss		$	13	$	—

Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the outstanding foreign currency contracts as of January 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014:

(in millions)	Currency	Notional Amount		Maturity
As of January 31, 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	6	February 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	6	March 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	6	April 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	12	May 2015-October 2015(A)
As of October 31, 2014
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	4	November 2014
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	4	December 2014
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	5	January 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	9	February 2015 - October 2015(B)