| **Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts (Tables)**                                               | 6 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| **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 OperationsThree Months Ended April 30,(in millions)20152014Interest rate capsInterest expense$—$2Cross currency swapsOther (income) expense, net1(1)Foreign currency contractsOther (income) expense, net—1Commodity forward contractsCosts of products sold(5)—Total (income) loss$(4)$2 Location in Consolidated                                                                                                                                                             Statements of Operations Six Months Ended April 30,(in millions)  2015 2014Interest rate capsInterest expense $— $1Cross currency swapsOther (income) expense, net 3 1Foreign currency contractsOther (income) expense, net 1 —Commodity forward contractsCosts 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 MaturityAs of April 30, 2015     Forward exchange contractEUR €6 May 2015Forward exchange contractEUR €5 June 2015Forward exchange contractEUR €5 July 2015Forward exchange contractEUR €6 August 2015-October 2015(A)Forward exchange contractCAD C$25 May 2015Forward exchange contractCAD C$25 June 2015Forward exchange contractCAD C$25 July 2015Forward exchange contractCAD C$75 August 2015-October 2015(B)Forward exchange contractMXN ₱763 May 2015As of October 31, 2014     Forward exchange contractEUR €4 November 2014Forward exchange contractEUR €4 December 2014Forward exchange contractEUR €5 January 2015Forward exchange contractEUR €9 February 2015 - October 2015(C)                                                                    |

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Tabular disclosure of the location and amount of derivative instruments and nonderivative instruments designated as hedging instruments reported before netting adjustments, and the amount of gain (loss) on derivative instruments and nonderivative instruments designated and qualified as hedging instruments.
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Tabular disclosure of the notional amounts of outstanding derivative positions.
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