Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 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 April 30,
(in millions)		2015			2014
Interest rate caps	Interest expense	$	—		$	2
Cross currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	1			(1		)
Foreign currency contracts	Other (income) expense, net	—			1
Commodity forward contracts	Costs of products sold	(5		)	—
Total (income) loss		$	(4	)	$	2

	Location in Consolidated Statements of Operations	Six Months Ended April 30,
(in millions)		2015		2014
Interest rate caps	Interest expense	$	—	$	1
Cross currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	3		1
Foreign currency contracts	Other (income) expense, net	1		—
Commodity forward contracts	Costs of products sold	5		—
Total loss		$	9	$	2

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

The following table presents the outstanding foreign currency contracts as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014:

(in millions)	Currency	Notional Amount		Maturity
As of April 30, 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	6	May 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	5	June 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	5	July 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	6	August 2015-October 2015(A)
Forward exchange contract	CAD	C$	25	May 2015
Forward exchange contract	CAD	C$	25	June 2015
Forward exchange contract	CAD	C$	25	July 2015
Forward exchange contract	CAD	C$	75	August 2015-October 2015(B)
Forward exchange contract	MXN	₱	763	May 2015
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(C)