Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 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 July 31,
(in millions)		2015			2014
Interest rate caps	Interest expense	$	1		$	1
Cross currency swaps	Other income, net	(1		)	1
Foreign currency contracts	Other income, net	(6		)	1
Commodity forward contracts	Costs of products sold	(1		)	(1		)
Total (income) loss		$	(7	)	$	2

	Location in Consolidated Statements of Operations	Nine Months Ended July 31,
(in millions)		2015			2014
Interest rate caps	Interest expense	$	1		$	2
Cross currency swaps	Other income, net	2			1
Foreign currency contracts	Other income, net	(5		)	2
Commodity forward contracts	Costs of products sold	4			(1		)
Total loss		$	2		$	4

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

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

(in millions)	Currency	Notional Amount		Maturity
As of July 31, 2015
Forward exchange contract	EUR	€	12	August 2015-October 2015(A)
Forward exchange contract	CAD	C$	100	August 2015-October 2015(B)
Forward exchange contract	MXN	₱	813	August 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)