How wide are the margins in an mla paper?

To write a paper by following MLA format people should start each entry flush with the left margin and if an entry runs more than one line, then they should indent the subsequent line or lines one-half inch from the left margin. In short, the paper size of the document should be 8.5 x 11 inches with an allotted 1 inch margin on each side. People can set their Word processing program to do this automatically for a group of paragraphs.