Finding/replacing formatting characters

I often do global replaces to re-format imported or cut/paste documents. Say, replace two paragraph marks with one, or replace 5 spaces with a tab. This is really easy in Word since you can use ^p, for example, for a paragraph mark in the Replace function. But I've hunted and hunted and can't find the equivalent in Pages. I can copy the mark in the document and paste it into the Replace window, of course, but that's several steps as opposed to one and just feels in-elegant.
Is there a code for formatting special characters?

Welcome to Apple Discussions
For most formatting characters you can use Option + the key. Or you can use the Advanced area of the Find/Replace dialog & "Insert" the chosen character from the drop-down menu. I have to use this (or copy/paste) for line breaks.

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