I'm having a minor problem entering site survey information.   If I click at a random point in the drawing to start a line, enter a length in decimal feet, tab to the angle and enter an angle in surveyors units.  It draws the line - but in a mirror image of what I want.   For example the line I just entered was 252.80' with a bearing of S00d10'15"W.   It draws the line, but if I look at properties it shows the line as being the correct length but with a bearing of N00d10'15"W.  Which is a mirror image of the line I want.  It has changed the S to N, but kept the W designation.

If I draw the line using N00d10'15"E  it is correct.   So it seems that one must use the N designation for bearing, which is somewhat inconvenient for following a survey around a series of lines and bearings. 

what am I missing here?