In "Find & Replace", how to insert a "tab" at the start of every paragraph

Find field: $
Replace field: $\t
RESULTS: all the end-of-paragraphs (?) go away and the characters “” and “t” are in their place

Find field: \n
Replace field: \n\t
RESULTS: all the end-of-paragraphs (?) go away and the characters “” and “t” are in their place SAME!!

Find field: ^.
Replace field: ^.\t
RESULTS: “tab” is placed at the start of every paragraph, HOWEVER, the first character of each paragraph is DELETED ! ! !

Replace with \t&

Insert Tab