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[fiery dragon]

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[shadow elk]

"ce" is acting as a pronoun in this case
I can't think of other situations where it does that (although there surely are)
just think of it as an exception

[quiet seal]

ah

but would "à faire" work to?

[unique remnant]

LawlessFrench lists two:

so here « pour ce faire » is « pour faire cela » but more formal ig

[unique remnant]

It would depend on the clause before but as a general idea, no. « pour + verbe » usually describes 'for the purpose of + verb-ing / in order to + verb', it has that extra meaning of being a goal, whereas « à + verbe » doesn't have that implication.

[strange magnet]

You'd be more likely to use 'à' in a general sense:

I have things to do.
J'ai des choses à faire.

[quiet seal]

thank you